- Date
- October 11, 1967
- Place
- Lewellen, NE · LEWELLEN, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7515WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113175
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3636 67/10/11 LEWELLEN,NEBR PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 91 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N7515W PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- ONE END OF WIRE HOOKED ON STABILATOR. ON LANDING ATTEMPT,WIRE BECAME TAUT AND JERKED ACFT OFF PATH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7515W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7515WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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