- Date
- July 21, 1966
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3317BPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171651
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0514 66/7/21 TUCSON ARIZ PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 500 TIME - 1400 N3317B PX- 0 2 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARLEY STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 90 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT USED 1/2 FLAPS FOR T/O. EXTENDED FULL FLAPS DURING INITIAL TAKEOFF CLIMB DUE SLUGGISH CLIMB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3317B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Marley Strip
N3317BRegistration cancelled Mar 23, 2018 · Piper PA-22-135Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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