- Date
- November 1, 1976
- Place
- Oskaloosa, KS · OSKALOOSA, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7700DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761101033489A
- Case key
- 152581
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3164 76/11/1 OSKALOOSA,KS PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 611 TIME - 1140 N7700D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 454 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OSKALOOSA,KS LOCAL 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 - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED REMARKS- ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM ROUGH FARM FIELD AFTER MISTAKING THE FIELD FOR A NEARBY PRIVATE AIRSTRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7700D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.
Other investigations on N7700D · 1
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