- Date
- September 16, 1973
- Place
- Front Royal, VA · FRONT ROYAL, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2547MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730916032559A
- Case key
- 187876
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3787 73/9/16 FRONT ROYAL,VA PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 2000 TIME - 0900 N2547M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 235 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRONT ROYAL MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRONT ROYAL,VA MANASSES,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- SWERVED OFF RUNWAY ON TAKE OFF RUN STRUCK EMBANKMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2547M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Front Royal Mun
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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.