- Date
- June 30, 1980
- Place
- Maricopa, AZ · MARICOPA, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9182TPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800630024379A
- Case key
- 136483
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3091 80/6/30 MARICOPA,AZ PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1645 N9182T PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS AGE 33, 625 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 47 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GLIDER TOW STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARICOPA,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 100 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PILOT INITIATED TAKEOFF DURING GLIDER TOW OPERATION INTO OBSERVED APPROACHING DUSTSTORM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9182T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Glider Tow Strip
N9182TRegistered now · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9182T · 1
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