- Date
- June 2, 1968
- Place
- Lancaster, SC · LANCASTER, SC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5680PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109465
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2398 68/6/2 LANCASTER,SC PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 91 TOTAL TIME - 0850 N5680P PX- 1 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLBOURNE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED T/O FROM SHORT,UPSLOPE RNWY. ACFT WAS 276 LBS OVER MAX GROSS WT,CG WAS AT AFT LIMITS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5680P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Colbourne
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