- Date
- December 15, 1973
- Place
- Edgewater, MD · EDGEWATER, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5663ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731215040089A
- Case key
- 187550
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3836 73/12/15 EDGEWATER,MD PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 51, 49 TOTAL TIME - 1140 N5663Z PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDGEWATER,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- LOST DIR CTL FORCED ACFT INTO THE AIR ACFT CONT IN L TURN OVR PKD ACFT UNTIL GND CTCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5663Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lee
N5663ZRegistration cancelled Jan 31, 2013 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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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.