- Date
- September 6, 1976
- Place
- Mountain Home, ID · MOUNTAIN HOME, ID
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5916WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760906031419A
- Case key
- 155262
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2726 76/9/6 NR.MOUNTAIN HOME,ID PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1125 N5916W PX- 1 1 0 BUSINESS 30, 5635 TOTAL HOURS, 200 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GARDEN VALLEY,ID SALT LAKE CITY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: AIRSPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 12000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 64 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- TKOF FM NARROW RD AFT PRECAUTIONARY LNDD.R WING HIT SAGEBRUSH BFR L/O,ROLLED R.GUSTS TO 26K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5916W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.