19791214040889A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA23 · Knoxville, TN · December 14, 1979

Date
December 14, 1979 · 14:50 local
Place
Knoxville, TN
Airport
Knowville-Downtow
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3242P
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD80FA016
Reported as
Piper PA23
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,360 total200 in this make and model50 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.

Made takeoff with full up elevator trim. Lost control. Airplane rolled. Impacted vertically adjacent to runway.

As the FAA filed it

MADE TAKEOFF WITH FULL UP ELEVATOR TRIM. LOST CONTROL. AIRPLANE ROLLED. IMPACTED VERTICALLY ADJACENT TO RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.