38.3623° N, 79.5685° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Highland County, VA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 22, 1989 · 12:00 local
Place
Highland County, VA
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N260TJ
Reported as
Amtrpt PITTSSPECS2S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total1,500 in this make and model40 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.
Precautionary landing due to bad weather. Next day aircraft nosed over on takeoff damaging propeller and fin.
As the FAA filed it
PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO BAD WEATHER. NEXT DAY AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER ON TAKEOFF DAMAGING PROPELLER AND FIN.