- Date
- August 8, 1981
- Place
- Orange City, IA · ORANGE CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6004HPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810808047999A
- Case key
- 124440
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2201 81/8/8 ORANGE CITY,IA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N6004H PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 36, 8815 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1440 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE CITY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORANGE CITY,IA SIOUX CITY,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 82 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PRACTICING SHORT FLD TKOF NR MAX GROSS WT.D/A APRX 4300FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6004H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Orange City Muni
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Other investigations on N6004H · 1
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