- Date
- March 13, 1973
- Place
- Selbyville, DE · SELBYVILLE, DE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2454MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730313004189A
- Case key
- 169901
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0372 73/3/13 SELBYVILLE,DEL PIPER PA-12 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 75 TOTAL TIME - 1355 N2454M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAY VIEW ESTATES,DEL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - SANDY TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STARTED TKOF RUN ON SANDY BEACH TOWARD HOUSE.UN CLEAR HOUSE,TURNED,HIT DRAGLINE BUCKET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2454M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.