- Date
- October 20, 1970
- Place
- Plaquemine, LA · PLAQUEMINE, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3951RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159044
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4021 70/10/20 PLAQUEMINE,LA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 127 TIME - 1700 N3951R PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLAQUEMINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BATON ROUGE,LA RETURN PLAQUEMINE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O FROM SOFT RWY,GRASS 6 INCHES HI. WIND CALM. HIT ANT HILL AND FENCE DURING ABORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3951R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Plaquemine
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