- Date
- June 29, 1978
- Place
- Plainview, TX · PLAINVIEW, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3965KPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780629015919A
- Case key
- 141432
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1645 78/6/29 PLAINVIEW,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 166 TIME - 0545 N3965K PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HALE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAINVIEW,TX GALVESTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH RUNWAY CONSTRUCTION BARRIER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3965K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hale County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3965K · 1
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