- Date
- May 30, 1968
- Place
- Dundas, MN · DUNDAS, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7490RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110224
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1599 68/5/30 DUNDAS,MINN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 50 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N7490R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- TAKE OFF ATTEMPTED FROM ALFALFA FIELD. ALFALFA 2 FT HIGH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7490R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7490RRegistration cancelled May 9, 2022 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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