- Date
- September 18, 1970
- Place
- Saginaw, TX · SAGINAW, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8197NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169638
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1857 70/9/18 SAGINAW,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1830 N8197N PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 50, 478 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 22 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLIVER FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WORTH,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- SOFT FIELD T/O UPHILL,NOSE HI ATTITUDE.400FT OF RWY NOT USED.ACFT CLIMBED TO 4FT,MUSHED TO GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8197N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oliver Farm
N8197NRegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N8197N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.