- Date
- January 6, 1965
- Place
- Rock Springs, MT · ROCK SPRINGS, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5128WPiper PA28
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180148
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0264 65/1/6 NR.ROCK SPRINGS MONT PIPER PA28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 35 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N5128W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5128W
- Reported as
- Piper PA28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5128WRegistration cancelled Jul 14, 2008 · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.