- Date
- July 28, 1974
- Place
- Dalhart, TX · DALHART, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N411PCPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740728030769A
- Case key
- 136905
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2727 74/7/28 DALHART,TEX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 1217 TIME - 0550 N411PC PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 839 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DALHART DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALHART,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT ATTMPTD SNGLE ENG TKOF FOR AIR STRT OF DEAD ENG.HIT 30 FT POLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N411PC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dalhart
N411PCRegistration cancelled Mar 11, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.