- Date
- March 25, 1973
- Place
- Kileen, TX · KILEEN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1726TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730325007099A
- Case key
- 112198
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0489 73/3/25 KILEEN,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1735 N1726T PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 46, 8417 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 197 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KILLEEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KILEEN,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS DUAL STUDENT - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- AIRCRAFT NOSE ROTATED EXCESSIVELY HIGH FOR LIFT OFF.TAIL HIT GND 3 TIMES DRG TKOF RUN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1726T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Killeen
N1726TRegistration cancelled Jul 24, 2012 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1726T · 1
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