- Date
- July 23, 1981
- Place
- Warren, ID · WARREN, ID
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2103UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810723044239A
- Case key
- 124049
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2669 81/7/23 NR.WARREN,ID PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 222 TIME - 1815 N2103U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHAMBERLAIN USFS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WARREN,ID MC CALL,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ON INITIAL CLIMBOUT,PLT DECIDED HE COULDN'T CLEAR TREES,SO HE ABORTED.D/A APRX 8000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2103U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chamberlain Usfs
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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