- Date
- May 20, 1975
- Place
- Kansas City, MO · KANSAS CITY, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3637APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750520011999A
- Case key
- 148469
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1026 75/5/20 KANSAS CITY,MO PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 70 TOTAL TIME - 2105 N3637A PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANSAS CITY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 9000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT RPTD ENCTRD TURBC COULDNT GAIN ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3637A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kansas City Muni
N3637ARegistration cancelled May 11, 2012 · Piper PA-22-135Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135Engine modelLycoming GO-480 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.