- Date
- June 1, 1979
- Place
- College Park, MD · COLLEGE PARK, MD
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3618ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790601012399A
- Case key
- 135667
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1282 79/6/1 COLLEGE PARK,MD PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 206 TIME - 1900 N3618Z PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLLEGE PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLLEGE PARK,MD FARMINGDALE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3618Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- College Park
N3618ZRegistration cancelled Jul 2, 2022 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3618Z · 2
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