- Date
- May 24, 1970
- Place
- Baltimore, MD · BALTIMORE, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N52020Fairchild M-62C
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201580
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2217 70/5/24 BALTIMORE,MD FAIRCHILD M-62C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 447 TIME - 1600 N52020 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ESSEX SKYPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- PLT OBSERVED DRINKING INTOXICANTS PRIOR TO FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52020
- Reported as
- Fairchild M-62C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Essex Skypark
N52020Registration cancelled Jun 30, 2017 · Fairchild M-62C(PT-23A)Airframe modelFairchild M-62C(PT-23A)Engine modelContinental R670-SERIES series
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