- Date
- December 6, 1968
- Place
- Euless, TX · EULESS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8173YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191892
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4558 68/12/6 EULESS,TEX PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 645 TIME - 0220 N8173Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 130 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRTR SOUTHWEST TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- LEFT ENG WOULD NOT START. PLT ATTEMPTED ONE ENG T/O TO TRY AIRSTART OF DEAD ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8173Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grtr Southwest
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