- Date
- March 16, 1979
- Place
- Sidney, OH · SIDNEY, OH
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N31996Piper PA32RT
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790316004819A
- Case key
- 137514
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0491 79/3/16 SIDNEY,OH PIPER PA32RT CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 333 TIME - 0715 N31996 PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIDNEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SIDNEY,OH NEW PHILADELPHIA,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES REMARKS- FROST ON WINGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31996
- Reported as
- Piper PA32RT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sidney
N31996Registered now · Piper PA-32RT-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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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.