- Date
- June 4, 1969
- Place
- West Columbia, SC · WEST COLUMBIA, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N55718Boeing A75
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172031
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2892 69/6/4 WEST COLUMBIA,SC BOEING A75 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 395 TIME - 1730 N55718 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - METROPOLITAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST COLUMBIA,SC WEST COLUMBIA,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- PWR APPLIED ACFT VEERED L.DRG ATMTD RECOVERY L WING HIT GRND,SPAR BKN.PIC NOT CERTD FLT INSTR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55718
- Reported as
- Boeing A75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Metropolitan
N55718Registered now · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelLycoming R680-4P-B4
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Other investigations on N55718 · 2
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