- Date
- November 7, 1971
- Place
- Watkinsville, GA · WATKINSVILLE, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5443ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163553
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2034 71/11/7 WATKINSVILLE,GA PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, UNK/NR TIME - UNK/NR N5443Z PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PROFFITT STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATKINSVILLE,GA MOULTRIE,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O FROM SHORT STRIP,OBSTACLES AT BOTH ENDS.HIT TREE 80 FT AGL.RECOVERED SAME DAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5443Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Proffitt Strip
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