- Date
- March 25, 1976
- Place
- Scottsdale, AZ · SCOTTSDALE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1756TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760325006599A
- Case key
- 153162
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0572 76/3/25 NR.SCOTTSDALE,AZ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 177 TIME - 1715 N1756T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCOTTSDALE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PHOENIX,AZ RETURN SCOTTSDALE,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- TKOF FRM RUTTED DIRT ROAD AFTER PREV PRECAUTIONARY LDG DUE SUSPECTED ENG MALF.NO MALF FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1756T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Scottsdale Muni
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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.