- Date
- December 2, 1965
- Place
- Muscle Shoals, AL · MUSCLE SHOALS, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5542WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174225
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3662 65/12/2 MUSCLE SHOALS ALA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 7 TOTAL TIME - 0930 N5542W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUSCLE SHOALS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5542W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Muscle Shoals
N5542WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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