- Date
- February 9, 1968
- Place
- Lubbock, TX · LUBBOCK, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5395WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111713
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0244 68/2/9 LUBBOCK,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 37 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N5395W PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUBBOCK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- T/O WITH FULL FLAPS. TOUCH AND GO LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5395W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lubbock
N5395WRegistration cancelled Jan 24, 2020 · Piper PA-28Airframe modelPiper PA-28Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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