- Date
- September 6, 1966
- Place
- New Castle, WY · NEW CASTLE, WY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5579PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121237
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2808 66/9/6 NEW CASTLE WYO PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 220 TIME - 1620 N5579P PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHMIDT RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5579P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Schmidt Ranch
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