- Date
- October 27, 1969
- Place
- Sidney, NE · SIDNEY, NE
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6987WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 153681
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4308 69/10/27 SIDNEY,NEBR PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 53 TOTAL TIME - 1120 N6987W PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIDNEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SIDNEY,NEBR SIDNEY,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- INADVERTENTLY LOWERED FULL FLAPS AT MIDFIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6987W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sidney
N6987WRegistration cancelled Aug 5, 1970 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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