- Date
- March 31, 1971
- Place
- Monterey, VA · MONTEREY, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5703ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160496
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1066 71/3/31 MONTEREY,VA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 400 TIME - 1320 N5703Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 192 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTEREY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTEREY,VA WAYNESBORO,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE REMARKS- DURG TKOF ACFT SANK IN SOFT AREA OF RWY,LOST SPEED,PLT ABORTED TO AVOID RUNNING OFF END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5703Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Monterey
N5703ZRegistration cancelled Feb 1, 2013 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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