- Date
- March 1, 1981
- Place
- Lake Wales, FL · LAKE WALES, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1858TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810301006269A
- Case key
- 127391
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0327 81/3/1 LAKE WALES,FL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 231 TIME - 1350 N1858T PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHALET SUZANNE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE WALES,FL KISSIMMEE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- 103.7LBS OVER MAX GWT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1858T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chalet Suzanne
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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.