- Date
- March 28, 1981
- Place
- Leroy Township, PA · LEROY TOWNSHIP, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2918MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810328014869A
- Case key
- 126928
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0559 81/3/28 LEROY TOWNSHIP,PA PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 1428 TIME - 1600 N2918M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEROY TOWNSHIP,PA TOWANDA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ATMPTD TKOF FM 650FT GRASS FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2918M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2918M · 1
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