- Date
- October 30, 1971
- Place
- Lynchburg, VA · LYNCHBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4129WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164288
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3893 71/10/30 LYNCHBURG,VA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1413 TIME - 1030 N4129W PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FALWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LYNCHBURG,VA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED REMARKS- DOOR OPENED ON TKOF,ACFT WENT OFF END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4129W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Falwell
N4129WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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