- Date
- October 20, 1978
- Place
- Mc Call, ID · MC CALL, ID
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N55571Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781020037609A
- Case key
- 139123
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3176 78/10/20 MC CALL,ID PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 60, 11200 TIME - 1230 N55571 PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCALL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MC CALL,ID THOMAS CREEK,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- EXCEEDED TKOF WT BY 15LBS AND AFT CG BY 1.7IN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55571
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mccall
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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.
Other investigations on N55571 · 1
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