- Date
- June 22, 1976
- Place
- Davis, WV · DAVIS, WV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4505XPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760622017449A
- Case key
- 154058
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1426 76/6/22 NR.DAVIS,WV PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1230 N4505X PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 31, 3102 TOTAL HOURS, 36 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARMAN-SWECKER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAVIS,WV BALTIMORE,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- WET SOFT RWY,GRASS ABT 6 IN HI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4505X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harman-Swecker
N4505XRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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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.
Other investigations on N4505X · 1
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