- Date
- March 11, 1978
- Place
- Oxford, PA · OXFORD, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8828JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780311006639A
- Case key
- 202554
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0635 78/3/11 OXFORD,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 243 TIME - 1215 N8828J PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 68 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OXFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OXFORD,PA FARMINGTON,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT FLEW UNDER WIRES,BETWEEN TWO HOUSES AND IMPACTED A BARN AFTER SEVERAL TKOF ATTEMPTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8828J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oxford
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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.