- Date
- March 22, 1974
- Place
- Marthas Vyrd, MA · MARTHAS VYRD, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5510UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740322006679A
- Case key
- 186510
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0671 74/3/22 MARTHAS VYRD,MASS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 110 TIME - 1715 N5510U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPAULDINGS FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARTHAS VYRD,MASS BRIDGEPORT,CONN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- DID NOT USE PROPER TYPE OF TKOF FOR EXISTING SOFT COND.DID NOT BREAK GND SOON ENOUGH TO CLR TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5510U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spauldings Farm
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.