- Date
- June 25, 1978
- Place
- Swans Island, ME · SWANS ISLAND, ME
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5567UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780625023349A
- Case key
- 140801
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2574 78/6/25 SWANS ISLAND,ME PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2150 TIME - 1115 N5567U PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORRISON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SWANS ISLAND,ME ROCKLAND,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED REMARKS- PIC LANDED AT CLOSED AIRPORT.COLLIDED WITH ROCK ON RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5567U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Morrison
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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.