- Date
- June 18, 1978
- Place
- Coram, NY · CORAM, NY
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N40797Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780618026239A
- Case key
- 140807
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2588 78/6/18 CORAM,NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 50 TOTAL TIME - 1705 N40797 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 708 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORAM AIR PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORAM,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- WHEN OBSVD AT TIME OF ACDT ARPT WINDSOCK INDICATED BRISK SW WIND.TKOF WAS NE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40797
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Coram Air Park
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.