- Date
- July 17, 1980
- Place
- Pinehurst, NC · PINEHURST, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4248EPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800717025729A
- Case key
- 129737
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0964 80/7/17 PINEHURST,NC PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 38, 18 TOTAL TIME - 1915 N4248E PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOORE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PINEHURST,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- SWERVED LEFT OFF RWY,HIT VASI LIGHTS.NO MECH MALFUNCTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4248E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moore County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.