Piper PA-28 N6449W

3 November 1973 · Albemarle, North Carolina, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 3 November 1973 at about 14:15 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N6449W was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Albemarle, North Carolina, United States. 4 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 November 1973 at 14:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Albemarle, North Carolina, United States
Nearest airport: John Rummage
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28
Registration: N6449W
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Charlotte, Nc
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3333

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	1	2	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

UNIMPROVED RWY DNWND, DNHILL.PLT DID NOT TKOF IN OTR DIR DUE UPHILL AND HI TREES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3333, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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