- Date
- December 31, 1979
- Place
- Whitesburg, KY · WHITESBURG, KY
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5061SPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791231041679A
- Case key
- 132046
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3549 79/12/31 WHITESBURG,KY PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 52, 1658 TIME - 1011 N5061S PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITESBURG MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITESBURG,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- RIFTED L AFTER TKOF,CORR WITH RUDDER. RAISED FLAPS,LEVELED OFF AT 60FT,CONTACTED TREES.NO MALF FND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5061S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Whitesburg Muni
N5061SRegistration cancelled Mar 21, 2013 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 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.