- Date
- April 15, 1981
- Place
- Moulton, IA · MOULTON, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2388DPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810415018159A
- Case key
- 126697
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0455 81/4/15 MOULTON,IA PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 84 TOTAL TIME - 1410 N2388D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOULTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOULTON,IA CENTERVILLE,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 63 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 135 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT SAID WND BLEW ACFT OF SIDE OF RWY,L WING HIT TREE,WND GSTG 20KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2388D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Moulton
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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