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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B24R · New Church, VA · September 17, 1979

Date
September 17, 1979 · 17:00 local
Place
New Church, VA
Airport
Sawyer
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N24PQ
Reported as
Beech B24R
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total600 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.

Student lost directional control when wingtip caught high vegetation. Instructor unable to prevent incident.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHEN WINGTIP CAUGHT HIGH VEGETATION. INSTRUCTOR UNABLE TO PREVENT INCIDENT.