- Date
- May 2, 1971
- Place
- Columbia, AL · COLUMBIA, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3869KPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160856
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1523 71/5/2 COLUMBIA,ALA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 193 TIME - 1530 N3869K PX- 0 0 1 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBIA,ALA BLAKLEY,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- PLT ATMPTD TKOF FROM PASTURE,ABORTED,HIT FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3869K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3869KRegistration cancelled Sep 21, 2012 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N3869K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL87LA025Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBrownsboro, ALThe student pilot was making her first supervised solo flight in the PA28-140 model aircraft. The student reported that wind and low airspeed prevented her from reaching the runway prior to landing touchdown.NTSB MIA70DKJ06Accident · No injuriesClosedEnterprise, AL