- Date
- June 6, 1966
- Place
- Honey Grove, TX · HONEY GROVE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4372APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171244
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1350 66/6/6 HONEY GROVE TEX PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 27, 218 TIME - 1900 N4372A PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-IMPROPERLY EXECUTED TAKEOFF. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- DID NOT HAVE TO TAKE OFF TOWARD WIRES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4372A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4372ARegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N4372A · 1
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