Accident · 2003-05-17
What the record says
- Event date
- 2003-05-17
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-11 (N4711U)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain a proper climb rate during takeoff. A factor to the accident was the tree.
Source: NTSB case CHI03LA136Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.