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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper 601SMITH · Farville, AR · April 2, 1979

Date: April 2, 1979 · 14:30 local
Place: Farville, AR
Airport: Disinger
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3777B
Reported as: Piper 601SMITH
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N3777BRegistration cancelled Oct 31, 2013 · Smith AEROSTAR 601BS/N 61-0420-120 Airframe modelSmith AEROSTAR 601B Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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 lost directional control during takeoff, overcorrected. Gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF, OVERCORRECTED. GEAR COLLAPSED.