- Date
- August 27, 1973
- Place
- Burlington, NC · BURLINGTON, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3776APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730827028409A
- Case key
- 188880
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3091 73/8/27 BURLINGTON,NC PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 11 TOTAL TIME - 1805 N3776A PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BURLINGTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BURLINGTON,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ACFT SWERVED FIRST TO R THEN SHARPLY TO L BACK TO CENTER AND SLOWLY OVERTURNED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3776A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Burlington
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.