- Date
- July 15, 1977
- Place
- Oak Bluffs, MA · OAK BLUFFS, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8975DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770715023479A
- Case key
- 145998
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3175 77/7/15 OAK BLUFFS,MA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 1720 TIME - 0815 N8975D PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, 740 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAK BLUFFS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAK BLUFFS,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- ACFT 353 LBS OVER MAX GROSS WGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8975D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oak Bluffs
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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.