- Date
- November 3, 1973
- Place
- Albemarle, NC · ALBEMARLE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6449WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731103034969A
- Case key
- 188167
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3333 73/11/3 ALBEMARLE,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 180 TIME - 1415 N6449W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 43 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHN RUMMAGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBEMARLE,NC CHARLOTTE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- UNIMPROVED RWY DNWND,DNHILL.PLT DID NOT TKOF IN OTR DIR DUE UPHILL AND HI TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6449W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- John Rummage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6449W · 1
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