- Date
- May 26, 1980
- Place
- Nephi, UT · NEPHI, UT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2138JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800526015429A
- Case key
- 130513
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1924 80/5/26 NEPHI,UT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N2138J PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 23, 871 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 150 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEPHI MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEPHI,UT PROVO,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- ENCTRD TALL GRASS DRG TKOF.LONGER RWY AVBL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2138J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nephi Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2138J · 1
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