- Date
- May 2, 1971
- Place
- Gardenville, NV · GARDENVILLE, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6492RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160855
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1522 71/5/2 GARDENVILLE,NEV PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N6492R PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 24, 1042 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 63 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINDEN,NEV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- V DITCHES ABT 181N APART.T/O PARALLEL TO SHALLOW DITCHES,1 WHEEL ENTRD DITCH.ACFT DIDNT ACCELERATE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6492R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6492RRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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