- Date
- June 23, 1980
- Place
- Norwood, MA · NORWOOD, MA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N129RMPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800623021719A
- Case key
- 130442
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1994 80/6/23 NORWOOD,MA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 2630 TIME - 1820 N129RM PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 703 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORWOOD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORWOOD,MA MARTHA'S VINEYARD,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- KEYS LEFT IN DOOR,ABORTED WHEN NOISE OF KEYS WAS HEARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N129RM
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Norwood
N129RMRegistration cancelled Jun 14, 2012 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.