- Date
- January 22, 1978
- Place
- Laurel, MD · LAUREL, MD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5420FPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780122002449A
- Case key
- 143514
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0041 78/1/22 LAUREL,MD PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 1 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0001 N5420F PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 29, 1929 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUBURBAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAUREL,MD ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT CREW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQ.DIRECTIVES,MANUAL,EQUIPMENT REMARKS- APRX 664LBS OVR MAX GWT,HAZARDOUS MATL.NO FLT MANUAL AVBL.NON-COMPANY PLT ONBOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5420F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Suburban
N5420FRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2012 · 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.