- Date
- June 13, 1965
- Place
- Riceville, IA · RICEVILLE, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4189HPiper PA-15
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177379
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1429 65/6/13 NR.RICEVILLE IOWA PIPER PA-15 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 27 TOTAL TIME - 1930 N4189H PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION, HIGH VEGETATION. AUTOMOBILE AT END OF TAKEOFF AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4189H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-15
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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