- Date
- May 26, 1973
- Place
- Oviedo, FL · OVIEDO, FL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3875WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730526016849A
- Case key
- 190144
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1705 73/5/26 OVIEDO,FLA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 68 TOTAL TIME - 0935 N3875W PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING SEMINOLE R DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OVIEDO,FLA BIMINI BAHAMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- AFTR L/O IT APPEARED TO OBS THAT PLT RELAXED BACK PRES,ACFT DSCNDD.ACFT STOPPED IN MARSH AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3875W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying Seminole R
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Other investigations on N3875W · 1
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