- Date
- August 20, 1977
- Place
- Carson City, NV · CARSON CITY, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5873VPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770820028229A
- Case key
- 145917
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2976 77/8/20 CARSON CITY,NV PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 1900 TIME - 1435 N5873V PX- 1 2 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARSON CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARSON CITY,NV OAKLAND,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- UNFAMILIAR WITH LNDG GEAR OPN AT SLOW SPEEDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5873V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Carson City
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.