- Date
- April 16, 1969
- Place
- Oklahoma Cty, OK · OKLAHOMA CTY, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5588FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 188292
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0972 69/4/16 OKLAHOMA CTY,OKLA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 28 TOTAL TIME - 1447 N5588F PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILL ROGERS WORLD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT LOST CTL OF ACFT WHILE TRYING TO CLOSE DOOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5588F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Will Rogers World
N5588FRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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