- Date
- May 8, 1971
- Place
- Buckhannon, WV · BUCKHANNON, WV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3344WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162284
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4259 71/5/8 BUCKHANNON,W VA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1560 TIME - 1025 N3344W PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUCKHANNON,W VA GALAX,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- ATMTD SHORT FLD TKOF W NO FLAPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3344W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lewis
N3344WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N3344W · 2
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