- Date
- February 21, 1967
- Place
- Silver Lake, OR · SILVER LAKE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8276CPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119023
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0543 67/2/21 SILVER LAKE,OREG PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 38, 15 TOTAL TIME - 1130 N8276C PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHRISTMAS VALLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 50 DEGREES 15 KNOTS,GUSTING 25 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8276C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Christmas Valley
N8276CRegistration cancelled Sep 3, 2008 · Piper PA-22Airframe modelPiper PA-22Engine modelLycoming 0-290 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.
Other investigations on N8276C · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA05CA186Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportMcCall, IDThe pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during takeoff. A wire fence was a factor in the accident.NTSB SEA95LA075Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKlamath Falls, ORThe pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, resulting in a ground loop.NTSB SEA79DYM13Accident · No injuriesClosedDufur, OR