- Date
- December 25, 1967
- Place
- Eufala, AL · EUFALA, AL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3936WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112087
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4695 67/12/25 EUFALA,ALA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 180 TIME - 1700 N3936W PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEEDON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAKEOFF: ABORTED FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN BRAKES,WHEEL ASSEMBLY,WHEEL WELL REMARKS- ACFT RAN INTO CORNFIELD,OVERHEATED BRAKES SET CORN STALKS ON FIRE. IGNITED ACFT. PLT MISUSED BRAKE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3936W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Weedon
N3936WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N3936W · 1
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