- Date
- April 30, 1967
- Place
- Ainsworth, NE · AINSWORTH, NE
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8819DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117853
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0437 67/4/30 AINSWORTH, NEBR PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 573 TIME - 1445 N8819D PX- 0 1 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AINSWORTH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 34 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 46 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM RAMP INTO 60 DEGREE RIGHT CROSSWIND 39 KTS GUSTING TO 46 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8819D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ainsworth
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