- Date
- June 24, 1967
- Place
- Staunton, VA · STAUNTON, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7798CStits SA-3
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118507
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2764 67/6/24 STAUNTON,VA STITS SA-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 125 TIME - 1910 N7798C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7798C
- Reported as
- Stits SA-3
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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