- Date
- July 6, 1964
- Place
- Apple Valley, CA · APPLE VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N621Piper PA16
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182960
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1966 64/7/6 APPLE VALLEY CALI PIPER PA16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 55 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N621 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - APPLE VALLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N621
- Reported as
- Piper PA16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Apple Valley
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