- Date
- September 8, 1979
- Place
- Warrenton, VA · WARRENTON, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8228PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790908043289A
- Case key
- 133543
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2646 79/9/8 WARRENTON,VA PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1505 N8228P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 58, 5500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 250 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARRENTON AIR PK. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WARRENTON,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- PIC ATTMPTD TO FLY OVR TREELINE DURING T/O WITH GLIDER IN TOW INSTD OF CHNGING HDG TO CLEAR OBST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8228P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Warrenton Air Pk.
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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.