- Date
- July 23, 1973
- Place
- Marquez, TX · MARQUEZ, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4985SPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730723021179A
- Case key
- 189752
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1685 73/7/23 NR.MARQUEZ,TEX PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 747 TIME - 1800 N4985S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COKER RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARQUEZ,TEX HOUSTON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ANIMALS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF MISCELLANEOUS - ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY REMARKS- COW AND CALF WALKED ONTO RNWY DRG TKOF PLT ATMTD SHORT FLD TKOF.ACFT DSCNDD TO RWY UN STOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4985S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Coker Ranch
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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 N4985S · 1
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