- Date
- April 19, 1980
- Place
- New Haven, IN · NEW HAVEN, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N36754Piper PA32RT
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800419010419A
- Case key
- 131651
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0319 80/4/19 NEW HAVEN,IN PIPER PA32RT CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 807 TIME - 1549 N36754 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KLINES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW HAVEN,IN MUNCIE,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- PLTS FIRST ATMPTD TKOF FM THIS ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36754
- Reported as
- Piper PA32RT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Klines
N36754Registration cancelled Sep 20, 2012 · Piper PA-32RT-300TAirframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300TEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.
Other investigations on N36754 · 1
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