- Date
- June 2, 1975
- Place
- Sheffield, TX · SHEFFIELD, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8072NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750602012989A
- Case key
- 148808
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1434 75/6/2 NR.SHEFFIELD,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 130 TIME - 1030 N8072N PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHEFFIELD,TX CRANE,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH BUSHES ALONG ROAD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8072N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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