- Date
- May 20, 1973
- Place
- Basinger, FL · BASINGER, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3228MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730520016379A
- Case key
- 190147
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1707 73/5/20 BASINGER,FLA PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 245 TIME - 0720 N3228M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 240 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BASINGER,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- SHORT ROUGH FLD TKOF FM UNIMPROVED AREA.BLOWN L AFTR L/O TOUCHED GND L/O AGAIN HIT 4FT DIRT MOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3228M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.