- Date
- April 27, 1979
- Place
- Cynthiana, KY · CYNTHIANA, KY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N39939Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790427016819A
- Case key
- 136147
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1038 79/4/27 CYNTHIANA,KY PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2105 N39939 PX- 2 0 0 CTR PASSG-D AGE 23, 495 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRISON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CYNTHIANA,KY TOLEDO,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NIGHT DNWIND TKOF,15-20KT WIND. 50LB DOBERMAN IN FRONT SEAT. STRUCK 50FT TREES 2000FT FM RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39939
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Harrison County
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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.