- Date
- October 7, 1973
- Place
- Waxahachie, TX · WAXAHACHIE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4927HPiper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731007036789A
- Case key
- 187998
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3533 73/10/7 WAXAHACHIE,TEX PIPER PA-11 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 2000 TIME - 0645 N4927H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OBRIEN AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAXAHACHIE,TEX FT WORTH,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GUST LOCKS ENGAGED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE REMARKS- GRND WITNESS STATED PLT REACTIONS SLOW,CTL STICK TIED IN REAR POS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4927H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Obrien Airpark
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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.