- Date
- April 12, 1977
- Place
- Hilton, NY · HILTON, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N37716Porterfield CP-65
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770412007949A
- Case key
- 157946
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1102 77/4/12 HILTON,NY PORTERFIELD CP-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 369 TIME - 1845 N37716 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 137 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HILTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILTON,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- PILOT/PAX EACH WEIGH 200LBS. ACFT FAILED TO CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37716
- Reported as
- Porterfield CP-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hilton
N37716Registered now · Porterfield CP-65Airframe modelPorterfield CP-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 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 N37716 · 1
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