- Date
- February 20, 1965
- Place
- Centerville, IA · CENTERVILLE, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5310HPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179444
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0436 65/2/20 NR.CENTERVILLE IOWA PIPER PA-16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 50 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N5310H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED DOWNWIND TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5310H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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