- Date
- June 24, 1979
- Place
- Douglas, AZ · DOUGLAS, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4591XPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790624018429A
- Case key
- 135668
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1283 79/6/24 DOUGLAS,AZ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 364 TIME - 1910 N4591X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BISBEE-DOUGLAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOUGLAS,AZ PHOENIX,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF ON RAMP PARALLEL TO RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4591X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bisbee-Douglas
N4591XRegistered now · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.