Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary FTW88LA096

PAWNEE, OK, USA

Aircraft #1

N1424C

PIPER PA-22-135

Analysis

THE UNLICENSED PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE INJURED WHEN THEIR AIRPLANE FAILED TO CLIMB AFTER DEPARTING FROM A TURF RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TREES AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN RESULTING IN THE DESTRUCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 300 POUNDS OVER MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT AND THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OFF WITH A LEFT CROSS WIND THAT WAS GUSTING UP TO 26 MPH.

Probable Cause and Findings

AIRCRAFT'S FLIGHT ENVELOPE WAS EXCEEDED.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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