- Date
- December 25, 1978
- Place
- Denver City, TX · DENVER CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 4 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N33073Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781225038819A
- Case key
- 139190
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3589 78/12/25 NR.DENVER CITY,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 108 TIME - 1335 N33073 PX- 0 0 6 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DENVER CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER CITY,TX HOBBS,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREMATURE FLAP RETRACTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- OVER MAX GROSS WT BY 4LBS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33073
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Denver City
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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.