- Date
- June 24, 1978
- Place
- Austin, NV · AUSTIN, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N41471Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780624014949A
- Case key
- 141231
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1482 78/6/24 AUSTIN,NV PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 475 TIME - 1530 N41471 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRASS VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUSTIN,NV LAS VEGAS,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 80 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND VARIABLE GUSTY 20-30 KNOTS,WHIRLWIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41471
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grass Valley
N41471Registration cancelled Jun 7, 2012 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.