- Date
- May 4, 1980
- Place
- Hadley, MI · HADLEY, MI
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8138DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800504045839A
- Case key
- 136379
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1777 80/5/4 HADLEY,MI PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 128 TIME - 1755 N8138D PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLINT, MI HADLEY,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- 8IN HIGH WHEAT FIELD.BOY STRUCK BY DEBRIS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8138D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8138DRegistered now · Piper PA-22-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.