- Date
- April 30, 1969
- Place
- Eldorado, TX · ELDORADO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N95160Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183162
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1309 69/4/30 ELDORADO,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1310 N95160 PX- 0 0 1 FERRY AGE 24, 747 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 152 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PASSENGER REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O FROM SLOPING SOFT FLD AFTER EARLIER PRECAUTIONARY LNDG WHEN PAX BECAME ILL FROM TURB
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95160
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N95160Registered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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