- Date
- August 15, 1965
- Place
- Hershey, NE · HERSHEY, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7885DPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176161
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2842 65/8/15 NR.HERSHEY NEBR PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 1720 TIME - 1400 N7885D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1001 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7885D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7885DRegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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