- Date
- October 24, 1968
- Place
- Belle Glade, FL · BELLE GLADE, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1887JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108013
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3764 68/10/24 BELLE GLADE,FLA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 124 TIME - 1115 N1887J PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELLE GLADE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- ACFT NEAR GROSS WT. GRASS ON RNWY 4 IN.HIGH. FLD SOFT FROM RECENT RAINS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1887J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Belle Glade
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