- Date
- May 23, 1978
- Place
- Warroad, MN · WARROAD, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7487JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780523026209A
- Case key
- 141560
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2413 78/5/23 WARROAD,MN PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1715 N7487J PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 25, 467 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 170 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARLSON'S DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WARROAD,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- GRASS STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7487J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Carlson'S
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7487J · 2
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