- Date
- June 22, 1978
- Place
- Hazard, KY · HAZARD, KY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6117DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780622015809A
- Case key
- 141775
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1310 78/6/22 HAZARD,KY PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 185 TIME - 1600 N6117D PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 59 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAZARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAZARD,KY HICKORY,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- DEPTD RWY 17 SOUTHBOUND,TOOK WRONG VALLEY.HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS,HIT WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6117D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hazard
N6117DRegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine 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.