- Date
- September 15, 1973
- Place
- Gresham, NE · GRESHAM, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6481ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 188475
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2921 73/9/15 GRESHAM,NEBR PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 465 TIME - 1730 N6481Z PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 280 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FARLEY PRIVATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRESHAM,NEBR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- 1200FT RWY.STARTED TKOF APRX 300FT FM APCH END,UN CLR 10FT HI CORN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6481Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Farley Private
N6481ZRegistration cancelled Sep 3, 1975 · Piper PA-25Airframe modelPiper PA-25Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N6481Z · 2
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