- Date
- October 1, 1977
- Place
- Smyer, TX · SMYER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4853YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771001030889A
- Case key
- 145128
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2746 77/10/1 SMYER,TX PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1674 TIME - 1500 N4853Y PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 561 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SMYER,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4853Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4853YRegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2012 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.