- Date
- June 28, 1973
- Place
- Hay Springs, NE · HAY SPRINGS, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5273SPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730628019469A
- Case key
- 190254
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1562 73/6/28 HAY SPRINGS,NEBR PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 321 TIME - 1620 N5273S PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 317 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAY SPRINGS MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SCOTTSBLUFF,NEBR SCOTTSBLUFF,NEBR HAY SPRINGS,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 98 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DNSTY ALT APRX 7200FT.GRASS WAS HIGHER THAN NML
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5273S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hay Springs Mun
N5273SRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.