- Date
- January 20, 1974
- Place
- Alvord, TX · ALVORD, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7051DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740120000489A
- Case key
- 186748
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1296 74/1/20 NR.ALVORD,TEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 119 TIME - 1530 N7051D PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALVORD,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- SHORT UPSLOPE SOFT ROUGH STRIP,GRASS 8-10 IN HI.50 FT TREES AT END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7051D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Strip
N7051DRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-340 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.