- Date
- July 26, 1981
- Place
- Harbor Springs, MI · HARBOR SPRINGS, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N39659Piper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810726044349A
- Case key
- 124018
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2764 81/7/26 HARBOR SPRINGS,MI PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 2364 TIME - 1745 N39659 PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARBOR SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARBOR SPRINGS,MI JACKSON,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INCORRECT TRIM SETTING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF REMARKS- ELEVATOR TRIM FD IN FULL NOSE DN POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39659
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harbor Springs
N39659Registered now · Piper PA-32RT-300TAirframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300TEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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