- Date
- May 12, 1973
- Place
- Troy, AL · TROY, AL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9551WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730512011829A
- Case key
- 169517
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0848 73/5/12 TROY,ALA PIPER PA-28 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1128 N9551W PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 25, 777 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 214 IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TROY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TROY,ALA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- ENTERED STEEP DIVING TURN ABOUT 400 FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9551W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Troy
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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