- Date
- August 18, 1980
- Place
- Syracuse, IN · SYRACUSE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1321HPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800818036529A
- Case key
- 134934
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2890 80/8/18 SYRACUSE,IN PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 1770 TIME - 0730 N1321H PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAWASEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SYRACUSE,IN CARBONDALE,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- ACFT MUSHED INTO CORN FLD AFTER TKOF FM 2200FT RWY.RWY WAS SOFT FM RECENT RAIN.4-6IN GRASS ON RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1321H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wawasee
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1321H · 1
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