- Date
- March 7, 1966
- Place
- Hanksville, UT · HANKSVILLE, UT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8325PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172761
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1252 66/3/7 NR.HANKSVILLE UT PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 530 TIME - 1830 N8325P PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 178 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAPPY CANYON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 40 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING SERVICE REMARKS- PASSENGER INADVERTENTLY RAISED FLAPS DURING TAKEOFF.AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON UNUSABLE PART OF RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8325P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Happy Canyon
N8325PRegistration cancelled Jan 30, 2021 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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