- Date
- November 4, 1967
- Place
- Chamblee, GA · CHAMBLEE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7553YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112781
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4045 67/11/4 CHAMBLEE,GA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1550 TIME - 1230 N7553Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1060 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEKALB.PEACHTREE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- TAKE OFF STARTED WITH RT ENG INOPERATIVE. PLT EXPECTED STARTING OF ENG BY WINDMILL ACTION ON RUN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7553Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dekalb.Peachtree
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