- Date
- February 24, 1981
- Place
- Goodland, TX · GOODLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N59654Piper PA-36
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810224005519A
- Case key
- 126891
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0488 81/2/24 GOODLAND,TX PIPER PA-36 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N59654 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 44, 7819 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLIAMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GOODLAND,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF CROP - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- INDICATION IN SANDY SOIL THAT WHEELS WERE NOT ROTATING DRG TKOF RUN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59654
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Williams
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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.