- Date
- October 26, 1976
- Place
- Akron, OH · AKRON, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8846PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761026034169A
- Case key
- 156021
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3007 76/10/26 AKRON,OH PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 834 TIME - 1530 N8846P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 315 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AKRON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AKRON,OH GROVE CITY,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- GR COLLAPSED WHEN ACFT ENTRD SOD AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8846P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Akron Muni
N8846PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8846P · 1
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