- Date
- July 4, 1981
- Place
- Mecosta, MI · MECOSTA, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9515KPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810704038899A
- Case key
- 124851
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1433 81/7/4 MECOSTA,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 180 TIME - 1035 N9515K PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MECOSTA MORTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MECOSTA,MI GAYLOAD,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED REMARKS- COLLIDED W SMALL PLANTS & SOFT SOIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9515K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mecosta Morton
N9515KRegistered now · Piper PA-28-151Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151Engine 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.