- Date
- August 6, 1972
- Place
- Trenton, TX · TRENTON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N70525Piper J3
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167560
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2215 72/8/6 TRENTON,TEX PIPER J3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 197 TIME - 1400 N70525 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 43 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITEWRIGHT,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- HIT BARBED WIRE FENCE DURG ATMTD TKOF FROM SHORT FLD WI HI GRASS. HAD LNDD TO CORRECT ENG PROBLEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70525
- Reported as
- Piper J3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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