- Date
- October 25, 1975
- Place
- Abingdon, VA · ABINGDON, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N138LSmith DSA1
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751025034649A
- Case key
- 151564
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3558 75/10/25 ABINGDON,VA SMITH DSA1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 540 TIME - 1205 N138L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VIRGINIA HIGHLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ABINGDON,VA ROANOKE,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LOST CTL,ACFT VEERED R OFF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N138L
- Reported as
- Smith DSA1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Virginia Highland
N138LRegistered now · Lovelace SMITH MINIPLANEAirframe modelLovelace SMITH MINIPLANEEngine modelContinental C85 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.