- Date
- November 17, 1971
- Place
- Iuka, MS · IUKA, MS
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N780JMPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164512
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3410 71/11/17 IUKA,MISS PIPER PA-31 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 4000 TIME - 1900 N780JM PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - IUKA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IUKA,MISS SAVANNAH,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- CRASHED FROM STEEP L TURN INTO SWAMP. POSSIBLE THAT TEMPORARY LOSS OF PWR OCCURRED.UNLTD TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N780JM
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Iuka
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