- Date
- October 27, 1979
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI · MILWAUKEE, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N40868Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791027033859A
- Case key
- 132835
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3955 79/10/27 NR.MILWAUKEE,WI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0815 N40868 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 24, 1081 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAINBOW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILWAUKEE,WI FRANKLIN,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40868
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rainbow
N40868Registration cancelled Jul 9, 2014 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine 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.