- Date
- April 5, 1979
- Place
- Mooresville, IN · MOORESVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N56GSPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790405007739A
- Case key
- 137006
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0848 79/4/5 MOORESVILLE,IN PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1525 N56GS PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 38, 3000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KELLY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOORESVILLE,IN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- FLAPS FOUND RETRACTED WITH NO IMPACT DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56GS
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kelly
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.