- Date
- May 23, 1972
- Place
- Pell City, AL · PELL CITY, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8974QAero Comdr Thrush
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117915
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4130 72/5/23 PELL CITY, ALA AERO COMDR THRUSH CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 150 TIME - 1200 N8974Q PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST CLAIR COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBANY,GA HARDY,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- ACFT VEERED R,L WING LEADING EDGE AND TAILWHEEL DMGD DRG RWY CTC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8974Q
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr Thrush
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- St Clair County
N8974QRegistered now · Aero Commander S2RAirframe modelAero Commander S2REngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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