- Date
- July 28, 1979
- Place
- Columbia, MO · COLUMBIA, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N57320Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790728017819A
- Case key
- 135594
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1317 79/7/28 COLUMBIA,MO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 54 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N57320 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COTTON WOODS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBIA,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LIGHT AND VARIABLE TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 94 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DENSITY ALTITUDE APPROXIMATELY 3000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57320
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cotton Woods
N57320Registered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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