- Date
- May 6, 1977
- Place
- Cheswold, DE · CHESWOLD, DE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8244NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147079
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1740 77/5/6 CHESWOLD,DE PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 11 TOTAL TIME - 0945 N8244N PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DELAWARE AIR PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESWOLD,DE LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- STUDENT PILOT SECOND SOLO FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8244N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Delaware Air Park
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