- Date
- May 3, 1970
- Place
- Kirksville, MO · KIRKSVILLE, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2974PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 128038
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1952 70/5/3 KIRKSVILLE,MO PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 280 TIME - 0830 N2974P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 152 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KIRKSVILLE,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- FLD UNSUITABLE DUE SHORT LENGTH,3 INCH GRASS,CALM WIND AND NEAR MAX GROSS WT. ALSO HIT DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2974P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2974PRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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