- Date
- August 28, 1979
- Place
- Urbanna, VA · URBANNA, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4815TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790828025929A
- Case key
- 133745
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3482 79/8/28 URBANNA,VA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 122 TIME - 1730 N4815T PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSEGILL FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WINCHESTER,VA NORFOLK,VA URBANNA,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED TKOF FROM WET,GRASS STRIP.ACFT STALLED INTO SOY BEAN FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4815T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rosegill Farm
N4815TRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.