- Date
- June 19, 1966
- Place
- Truckee, CA · TRUCKEE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7455WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170821
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1717 66/6/19 TRUCKEE CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 415 TIME - 1435 N7455W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRUCKE-TAHOE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- TAKE OFF ABORTED BECAUSE WIND CAUSED HIGH SINK RATE AFTER LIFT OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7455W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Trucke-Tahoe
N7455WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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