MIA69A0016

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28 · Eufaula, AL · September 22, 1968

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
September 22, 1968
Place
Eufaula, AL · EUFAULA, AL
Injuries
2 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
N6544WPiper PA-28
Status
Completed · report October 29, 1968
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
108245

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3104  68/9/22    EUFAULA,ALA         PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 26, 100
        TIME - 1550                    N6544W              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WEEDON
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- PLT MADE STEEP PULLUP,CONTINUED OVER THE TOP AND NOSED INTO THE GRND.

Aircraft

Registration
N6544W
Reported as
Piper PA-28
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Weedon

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.