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Incident

FAA incident report · Dhavxx DH82AROBRTSN · Sperryville, VA · July 5, 1978

Date
July 5, 1978 · 15:45 local
Place
Sperryville, VA
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N45TM
Reported as
Dhavxx DH82AROBRTSN
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot attempting takeoff from Private strip, long grass. Unable to clear the fence.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTING TAKEOFF FROM PRIVATE STRIP, LONG GRASS. UNABLE TO CLEAR THE FENCE.