- Date
- July 29, 1971
- Place
- Essex, NY · ESSEX, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N16689Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162064
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1816 71/7/29 ESSEX,NY PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 500 TIME - 0930 N16689 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RICHTERS STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ESSEX,NY COLLEGE PARK,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16689
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Richters Strip
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