- Date
- May 9, 1975
- Place
- Newport News, VA · NEWPORT NEWS, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3167MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750509011499A
- Case key
- 148950
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1226 75/5/9 NEWPORT NEWS,VA PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0841 N3167M PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 65, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PATRICK HENRY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWPORT NEWS,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED REMARKS- ELEVATORS RIGGED REVERSE TO NML PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3167M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Patrick Henry
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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.