- Date
- November 7, 1971
- Place
- Smith River, CA · SMITH RIVER, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8660WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164247
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3931 71/11/7 SMITH RIVER,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 327 TIME - 1520 N8660W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 174 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHIP SHORE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SMITH RIVER,CALIF CRESCENT CITY,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- HIT RWY MARKER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8660W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ship Shore
N8660WRegistration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N8660W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.