- Date
- December 4, 1981
- Place
- Albert Lea, MN · ALBERT LEA, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2393GPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811204079079A
- Case key
- 123172
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3442 81/12/4 ALBERT LEA,MN PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 44, 17 TOTAL TIME - 1345 N2393G PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALBERT LEA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBERT LEA,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2393G
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Albert Lea
N2393GRegistration cancelled Aug 26, 2011 · Piper PA-38-112Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112Engine modelLycoming 0-235 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.