- Date
- December 18, 1971
- Place
- Block Island, RI · BLOCK ISLAND, RI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8537CPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164942
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4114 71/12/18 BLOCK ISLAND,RI PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 1406 TIME - 1009 N8537C PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLOCK ISLAND ST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLOCK ISLAND,RI WESTERLY,RI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 23 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WND GUSTING TO 32K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8537C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Block Island St
N8537CRegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Piper PA-22-135Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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