- Date
- July 6, 1976
- Place
- Hollis Center, ME · HOLLIS CENTER, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8400RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760706019389A
- Case key
- 154412
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1769 76/7/6 HOLLIS CENTER,ME PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 112 TIME - 1230 N8400R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOLLIS CENTER,ME SANFORD,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- STRUCK SMALL SAPLINGS AND TALL BRUSH IN GULLY AFTR L/O FM 1100 FT MOWED HAYFIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8400R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.