- Date
- April 26, 1979
- Place
- Point Pleasant, WV · POINT PLEASANT, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3028EPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790426007949A
- Case key
- 135975
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0814 79/4/26 POINT PLEASANT,WV PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 9 TOTAL TIME - 1830 N3028E PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MASON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POINT PLEASANT,WV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- INSTR DIRECTED PLT TO MAKE 1ST SOLO LNDG A TOUCH AND GO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3028E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mason County
N3028ERegistered now · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.