- Date
- April 10, 1968
- Place
- Fair Oaks, CA · FAIR OAKS, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3905TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111707
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0653 68/4/10 FAIR OAKS,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 120 TIME - 0840 N3905T PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHOENIX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS REMARKS- LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER LIFTOFF. FLEW INTO TREES. ACFT NEAR GROSS WT. NO FLAP T/O.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3905T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Phoenix
N3905TRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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