- Date
- March 16, 1975
- Place
- Penns Forrest, PA · PENNS FORREST, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6523WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750316003339A
- Case key
- 147409
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0241 75/3/16 PENNS FORREST,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 730 TIME - 1410 N6523W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT POCOHANTAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PENNS FORREST,PA DOYLESTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN 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: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- ACFT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE TO ROTATION SPEED DUE TO SNOW ON RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6523W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mt Pocohantas
N6523WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.
Other investigations on N6523W · 1
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