- Date
- June 23, 1978
- Place
- Smithfield, TX · SMITHFIELD, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N32054Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780623017879A
- Case key
- 141823
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1383 78/6/23 SMITHFIELD,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 160 TIME - 2100 N32054 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MANGHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SMITHFIELD,TX SHAWNEE,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32054
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mangham
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.