- Date
- April 3, 1981
- Place
- Waterloo, IA · WATERLOO, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N36150Piper PA32RT
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810403015929A
- Case key
- 126857
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0454 81/4/3 NR.WATERLOO,IA PIPER PA32RT CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1295 TIME - 0745 N36150 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OPPOLD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERLOO,IA DES MOINES,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT STATED NOSE WHL FIRMLY ON RWY AT APRX 73KTS.ABORTED W APRX 500-600FT RMNG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36150
- Reported as
- Piper PA32RT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oppold
N36150Registered now · Piper PA-32RT-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300Engine modelLycoming IO-540 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.