- Date
- August 5, 1975
- Place
- Lynchburg, VA · LYNCHBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N38929Tennie TWO
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750805021999A
- Case key
- 150516
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3294 75/8/5 LYNCHBURG,VA TENNIE TWO CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 84 TOTAL TIME - 0751 N38929 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LYNCHBURG MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LYNCHBURG,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING TAKEOFF: ABORTED GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- REDUCED PWR AFTR L/O NOSE DROPPED ABRUPTLY.ACFT STRUCK RWY ON NOSE GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38929
- Reported as
- Tennie TWO
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lynchburg Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N38929 · 1
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