- Date
- October 28, 1971
- Place
- Edisto Is, SC · EDISTO IS, SC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N162WPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164613
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4481 71/10/28 EDISTO IS,SC PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 843 TIME - 0725 N162W PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDISTO IS,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TKOF FM RD,ACFT OBSRVD IN NS HIGH ATT,PLT DUMPED LOAD,ACFT SETTLED INTO TREES,BURNED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N162W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed