- Date
- September 8, 1971
- Place
- Weedsport, NY · WEEDSPORT, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4018MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163836
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3600 71/9/8 WEEDSPORT,NY PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 722 TIME - 1030 N4018M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITFORDS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEEDSPORT,NY UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PLT DECIDED DURG TKOF RUN RWY WAS TOO SHORT.RTRDD,THEN ADVND THROTTLE.WENT OFF RWY INTO CORNFLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4018M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Whitfords
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