- Date
- October 9, 1978
- Place
- Liberty, NC · LIBERTY, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3931XPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781009031669A
- Case key
- 143985
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3074 78/10/9 LIBERTY,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 22 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N3931X PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAUSEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIBERTY,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO.LOST CTL AFTER ADDING PWR FOR TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3931X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Causey
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.