- Date
- September 4, 1981
- Place
- Lake Charles, LA · LAKE CHARLES, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8108VPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810904055559A
- Case key
- 124676
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1952 81/9/4 LAKE CHARLES,LA PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N8108V PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 24, 1499 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 195 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCFILLEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE CHARLES,LA HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED REMARKS- ABORTED AFTER BAGGAGE DOOR OPENED DRG TKOF ROLL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8108V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcfillen
N8108VRegistration cancelled Sep 3, 2008 · Piper PA-32R-301TAirframe modelPiper PA-32R-301TEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8108V · 1
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