- Date
- March 29, 1973
- Place
- Meade, KS · MEADE, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- CF-PKCPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173348
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0005 73/3/29 MEADE,KANS PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 0930 CF-PKC PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS UNK/NR, 1700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADE MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEADE,KANS FRIONA,TEXAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- DRG TKOF RUN ACFT ENTRD MUDDY AREA,PLT ATMTD L/O.R LDG GR STRUT IN EXTDD PSN HIT RUT,GR PIN BROKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CF-PKC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meade Municipal