- Date
- October 10, 1973
- Place
- Fargo, ND · FARGO, ND
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8825NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731010034899A
- Case key
- 188168
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3334 73/10/10 FARGO,N DAK PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 19, 234 TIME - 1630 N8825N PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 140 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HECTOR FLD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARGO,N DAK GRAND FORKS,N DAK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED REMARKS- NOTAM-RWY 31 CLOSED.CLRD TKOF RWY 35,USED 31.CONSTRUCTION AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8825N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hector Fld
N8825NRegistered 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.