- Date
- April 12, 1981
- Place
- Culpeper, VA · CULPEPER, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N81YBGrum Amer AA1A
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810412015719A
- Case key
- 126714
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0601 81/4/12 CULPEPER,VA GRUM AMER AA1A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 462 TIME - 1015 N81YB PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 323 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CULPEPER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CULPEPER,VA WARRENTON,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- PORPOISED AFTER ROTATION TO TKOF ATTITUDE.PULLED PWR BACK,APPLIED PWR AGAIN,THEN ABORTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81YB
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Culpeper
N81YBRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · American AA-1AAirframe modelAmerican AA-1AEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N81YB · 1
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