- Date
- April 28, 1980
- Place
- Frisco, TX · FRISCO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9371KPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800428011399A
- Case key
- 130879
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1297 80/4/28 NR.FRISCO,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 900 TIME - 2015 N9371K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLONY FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRISCO,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- UNLIGHTED SOD STRIP.LOW ALT TURN AFTR LIFTOFF.SUNSET 2010 CDT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9371K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Colony Field
N9371KRegistered now · Piper PA-28-151Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.