- Date
- April 18, 1968
- Place
- Savannah, GA · SAVANNAH, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5493VN.American SNJ-5
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115008
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1016 68/4/18 SAVANNAH,GA N.AMERICAN SNJ-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1338 TIME - 1800 N5493V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REDGATE FARM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- THROTTLE CREPT BACK. PLT DID NOT TIGHTEN FRICTION LOCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5493V
- Reported as
- N.American SNJ-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Redgate Farm
N5493VRegistration cancelled Aug 22, 2012 · North American SNJ-5Airframe modelNorth American SNJ-5Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.