- Date
- April 20, 1969
- Place
- Pelzer, SC · PELZER, SC
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6307JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 189583
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1138 69/4/20 PELZER,SC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 91 TOTAL TIME - 1605 N6307J PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COTHRAN STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK 60 FT TREE LOCATED 400 FT FROM RNWY END. ROUGH/UNEVEN PVT STRIP 1000 FT LONG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6307J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cothran Strip
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