- Date
- June 14, 1980
- Place
- Tower, MN · TOWER, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4774LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800614019599A
- Case key
- 130572
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2923 80/6/14 TOWER,MN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 476 TIME - 0800 N4774L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 361 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TOWER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOWER,MN AURORA,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4774L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tower Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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