- Date
- May 3, 1970
- Place
- Sylvania, GA · SYLVANIA, GA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3389MPiper PA-12N98229Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127736
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1569 70/5/3 SYLVANIA,GA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1312 N98229 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 39, 759 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 450 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SYLVANIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SYLVANIA,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- MID-FLD GLIDER LAUNCH IN OPN.ATMD T/O LAST 1500FT RWY DRG GRND TURN INST OBSVD OTR ACFT,UN CLR RWY
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1569 70/5/3 SYLVANIA,GA PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 2481 TIME - 1312 N3389M PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SYLVANIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SYLVANIA,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- LAUNCH CREW OBSVD OTR ACFT AT SE EDGE OF RWY.ACFT APPEARED TO BE HOLDING,LAUNCHED TOW ACFT.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3389M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sylvania
- Registration
- N98229
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sylvania
N98229Registration cancelled Jan 28, 2005 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.