- Date
- July 30, 1972
- Place
- Melvin Village, NH · MELVIN VILLAGE, NH
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3580KPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168001
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2810 72/7/30 MELVIN VILLAGE,NH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 165 TIME - 1605 N3580K PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PACKARDS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MELVIN VILLAGE,NH CONCORD,NH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- SOD RWY WITH 1.7 UPHILL SLOPE.NEAR MAX ACFT GROSS WT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3580K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Packards Field
N3580KRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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