- Date
- November 23, 1974
- Place
- Wauchula, FL · WAUCHULA, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5037WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741123042439A
- Case key
- 144892
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4220 74/11/23 WAUCHULA,FLA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 84 TOTAL TIME - 1110 N5037W PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAUCHULA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAUCHULA,FLA TAMPA,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT ATMTD TURN TO OTR RWY.DRG BRAKING ACFT SLID ON GRASS STRUCK BUSHES AND DRAIN DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5037W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wauchula Muni
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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.
Other investigations on N5037W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.