- Date
- September 23, 1978
- Place
- Wise, VA · WISE, VA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N43941Piper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780923030509A
- Case key
- 139751
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2892 78/9/23 WISE,VA PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 600 TIME - 1100 N43941 PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONESOME PINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WISE,VA JACKSON,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43941
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lonesome Pine
FAA reports on this event · 1
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