- Date
- July 27, 1969
- Place
- Freer, TX · FREER, TX
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9589DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160934
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3234 69/7/27 FREER,TEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 159 TIME - 1130 N9589D PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOBIE RANCH STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREER,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE CALM TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 105 CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FULL FLAP T/O,UN CLB,PLT LET ACFT SETTLE TO GRND.OAT EST 105DEG,DENSITY ALT APRX 3000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9589D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dobie Ranch Strip
N9589DRegistration cancelled Mar 20, 2013 · Piper PA-22-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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