- Date
- July 3, 1981
- Place
- Alma, MI · ALMA, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5009ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810703038219A
- Case key
- 124850
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1432 81/7/3 ALMA,MI PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 89 TOTAL TIME - 0830 N5009Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARCYLE HILL FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALMA,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- TKOF FM ALFALFA FIELD W CROP OVR 6IN HIGH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5009Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Carcyle Hill Farm
N5009ZRegistration cancelled Aug 15, 2013 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 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.