- Date
- June 29, 1966
- Place
- Orlando, FL · ORLANDO, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4905PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170836
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1730 66/6/29 ORLANDO FLA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1121 TIME - 1655 N4905P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 313 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HERNDON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- TIPS BOTH PROPELLERS STRUCK RUNWAY, ELEVATOR TRIM FULL NOSE DOWN, TAKEOFF CONTINUED-LANDED OKAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4905P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Herndon
N4905PRegistration cancelled Oct 14, 2014 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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