19951024034609A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1 · Van Nuys, CA · October 24, 1995

Date
October 24, 1995
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N17PW
Reported as
Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1
Fatal injuries
0

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 started takeoff roll, canopy flew off, swerved off runway into grass, nosed down.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STARTED TAKEOFF ROLL, CANOPY FLEW OFF, SWERVED OFF RUNWAY INTO GRASS, NOSED DOWN.