- Date
- August 12, 1979
- Place
- Canton, GA · CANTON, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6322RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790812033729A
- Case key
- 134138
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2533 79/8/12 NR.CANTON,GA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 5200 TIME - 1600 N6322R PX- 1 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 311 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TK MOORE FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CANTON,GA ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6322R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tk Moore Farm
N6322RRegistration cancelled Jul 23, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.