- Date
- April 13, 1978
- Place
- Bedford, IA · BEDFORD, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5812WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780413005449A
- Case key
- 142660
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0413 78/4/13 BEDFORD,IA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 55 TOTAL TIME - 1745 N5812W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEDFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEDFORD,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5812W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bedford
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5812W · 1
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