- Date
- May 20, 1978
- Place
- Tulsa, OK · TULSA, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5454SPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780520011839A
- Case key
- 142337
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1011 78/5/20 TULSA,OK PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 1800 TIME - 1500 N5454S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TULSA INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TULSA,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURST REMARKS- TIRES EXCESSIVELY WORN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5454S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tulsa Intl
N5454SRegistration cancelled Jun 7, 2017 · 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 N5454S · 1
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