- Date
- June 11, 1978
- Place
- Morganton, NC · MORGANTON, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8451FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780611012319A
- Case key
- 141466
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1714 78/6/11 MORGANTON,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE UNK/NR, 49 TIME - 1240 N8451F PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 48 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORGANTON-LENOIR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORGANTON,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- ADVANCED THROTTLE,ENG SPUTTERED,ABORTED TKOF.DECIDED UN STOP ON RWY,ADDED PWR.AVOIDING TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8451F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Morganton-Lenoir
N8451FRegistered now · Piper PA-28-151Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.