- Date
- July 25, 1970
- Place
- Dutton, AL · DUTTON, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5708FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111033
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3241 70/7/25 DUTTON,ALA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 176 TIME - 1028 N5708F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DUTTON,ALA MARIETTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ROTATED TO STEEP ANGLE,SETTLED,HIT FENCE,ABORTED,NOSED OVR IN COTTON FLD.WND LT,VRBL.1500 FT STRIP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5708F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Strip
N5708FRegistration cancelled Aug 17, 2026 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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