- Date
- July 20, 1974
- Place
- Manchester, VT · MANCHESTER, VT
- Injuries
- 5 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3804WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740720023629A
- Case key
- 128154
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1859 74/7/20 MANCHESTER,VT PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 1250 TIME - 1335 N3804W PX- 0 4 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 74 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EQUINOX DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANCHESTER,VT BENNINGTON,VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT COLLIDED WITH AND LODGED IN MAPLE TREE SHORTLY AFTER TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3804W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Equinox
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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.