- Date
- July 14, 1976
- Place
- Englewood, CO · ENGLEWOOD, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N55542Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760714020799A
- Case key
- 155151
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3441 76/7/14 ENGLEWOOD,CO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0730 N55542 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 29, 7035 TOTAL HOURS, 450 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARAPAHOE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ENGLEWOOD,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH TAXIWAY SIGNS TWO FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF PRACTICE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55542
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Arapahoe County
N55542Registered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine 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.