- Date
- December 26, 1974
- Place
- Lockport, LA · LOCKPORT, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5413SPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741226044619A
- Case key
- 144995
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4045 74/12/26 LOCKPORT,LA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 223 TIME - 0930 N5413S PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOCKPORT,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ANIMALS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS - ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP REMARKS- COWS ON BOTH SIDES OF TKOF PATH. COW RAN IN FRONT OF ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5413S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5413SRegistration cancelled Jan 3, 2002 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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 N5413S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX01FA199Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportBig Bear City, CAthe student pilot's selection of a takeoff runway conducive to a tailwind weather condition and his failure to maintain airspeed and his inadvertent stall during takeoff initial climb. Factors in the accident were the partial loss engine power resulting from…NTSB LAX99LA055Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBig Bear, CAThe pilot's misjudged landing flare, which lead to an inadvertent stall/mush 10 feet above the ground.