- Date
- March 31, 1965
- Place
- Chico, CA · CHICO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7987PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179143
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0979 65/3/31 CHICO CALIF PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, UNK/NR TIME - 0730 N7987P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2100 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHICO MUN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7987P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chico Mun
N7987PRegistration cancelled Jun 10, 2013 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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