- Date
- August 8, 1977
- Place
- Lead Hill, AR · LEAD HILL, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4420XPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770808021679A
- Case key
- 146617
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1696 77/8/8 LEAD HILL,AR PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 592 TIME - 1855 N4420X PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 472 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DIAMOND CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEAD HILL,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 90 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DA 4000FT.UNABLE TO CLR TREES AT END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4420X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Diamond City
N4420XRegistration cancelled Nov 17, 2004 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4420X · 1
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