- Date
- June 12, 1976
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ · PITTSTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N95087Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760612015109A
- Case key
- 154419
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1777 76/6/12 PITTSTOWN,NJ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 1200 TIME - 1130 N95087 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALEXANDRIA FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSTOWN,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- TOOK OFF WITH CARB HEAT ON,AIRCRAFT NEAR GROSS WEIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95087
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alexandria Field
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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.