- Date
- July 17, 1976
- Place
- Zelienople, PA · ZELIENOPLE, PA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4942TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760717030719A
- Case key
- 154711
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2383 76/7/17 ZELIENOPLE,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 2809 TIME - 1910 N4942T PX- 2 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 259 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ZELIENOPLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ZELIENOPLE,PA ST MARYS,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4942T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Zelienople
N4942TRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2012 · 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.