- Date
- December 6, 1979
- Place
- Youngstown, OH · YOUNGSTOWN, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N29257Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791206035869A
- Case key
- 132829
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3944 79/12/6 YOUNGSTOWN,OH PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1820 N29257 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 25, 2545 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 180 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YOUNGSTOWN MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YOUNGSTOWN,OH FLINT,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY WEATHER - SNOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING SNOW LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 34 260 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LOST VISUAL CONTACT W RWY DRG TKOF,NGT,HVY SNWFL.WNDSHLD PRTLY CVRD W SNW.ENCTRD SOFT GND OFF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29257
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Youngstown Muni
N29257Registered now · Piper PA-34-200TAirframe modelPiper PA-34-200TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N29257 · 1
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