- Date
- February 13, 1977
- Place
- Herington, KS · HERINGTON, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9545WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770213002559A
- Case key
- 157420
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0208 77/2/13 HERINGTON,KS. PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 639 TIME - 1530 N9545W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 338 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WM.SCHUMP FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HERINGTON,KS. OKLAHOMA CITY,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- 1600FT STRIP, GRASS 6IN HIGH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9545W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wm.Schump Farm
N9545WRegistered 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.