- Date
- August 19, 1969
- Place
- Lowville, NY · LOWVILLE, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7596WPiper PA-28S
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161912
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3442 69/8/19 LOWVILLE,NY PIPER PA-28S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 473 TIME - 1045 N7596W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOWVILLE,NY ROCHESTER,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD STRUCK ROCKS.T/O FROM SHELTERED COVE ENCOUNTERED STG WINDS AND BOAT TFC IN OPEN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7596W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7596WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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