- Date
- August 31, 1978
- Place
- Charlotte, NC · CHARLOTTE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9173YPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780831035289A
- Case key
- 139809
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2987 78/8/31 CHARLOTTE,NC PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1643 N9173Y PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING 31, 3950 TOTAL HOURS, 800 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUGLAS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. DUAL STUDENT - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT DUAL STUDENT - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- INSTR PLT CUT RT ENG MIXTURE AT LIFTOFF.ACFT FLAPS REMAINED DOWN.PLTS PREOCCUPIED WITH RESTART.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9173Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Douglas Muni
N9173YRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2012 · Piper PA-31-300Airframe modelPiper PA-31-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.