- Date
- September 1, 1977
- Place
- Panther Junctn, TX · PANTHER JUNCTN, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6561PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770901025229A
- Case key
- 146087
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1880 77/9/1 NR.PANTHER JUNCTN,TX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 665 TIME - 1745 N6561P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 418 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSILLOS RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PANTHER JUNCTN,TX EL PASO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CROSSED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DETERIORATED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6561P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rosillos Ranch
N6561PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6561P · 1
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