- Date
- May 28, 1964
- Place
- Center, CO · CENTER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6978KPiper PA20
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183743
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1449 64/5/28 CENTER COLO PIPER PA20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 641 TIME - 1800 N6978K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEACH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN ARPT COND-RNWY CONSTRUCTION. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6978K
- Reported as
- Piper PA20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Leach
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