- Date
- August 13, 1972
- Place
- Booneville, AR · BOONEVILLE, AR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6988KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167991
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2959 72/8/13 BOONEVILLE,ARK PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 140 TIME - 1230 N6988K PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOONEVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOONEVILLE,ARK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- ACFT VEERED OFF TKOF RWY AND HIT GRAVEL PILE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6988K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Booneville
N6988KRegistration cancelled Oct 15, 2012 · Piper PA-20Airframe modelPiper PA-20Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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