- Date
- March 31, 1981
- Place
- Charles City, IA · CHARLES CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6924PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810331013279A
- Case key
- 126856
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0453 81/3/31 CHARLES CITY,IA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 332 TIME - 1630 N6924P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 111 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARLES CITY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLES CITY,IA SIOUX CITY,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER - SQUALL LINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 50 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 30 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- STORM MOVED IN AS PLT STARTED DEP.WND SUDDENLY CHGD DRTN & BGN GSTG TO 40KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6924P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Charles City Muni
N6924PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N6924P · 1
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