- Date
- November 18, 1979
- Place
- Grasonville, MD · GRASONVILLE, MD
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2889GPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791118030599A
- Case key
- 133479
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2686 79/11/18 GRASONVILLE,MD PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 228 TIME - 1300 N2889G PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CASTLE MARINA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PENN VALLEY,PA GRASONVILLE,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- SWERVED TO AVOID AC LNDG OPPOSITE DIRECTION.FAILED TO CLEAR BUSHES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2889G
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Castle Marina
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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.