- Date
- March 14, 1972
- Place
- Cheraw, SC · CHERAW, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N419FLPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166335
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1452 72/3/14 CHERAW,SC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 8 TOTAL TIME - 0755 N419FL PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHERAW MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHERAW,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT HIT UTILITY POLE 20FT ABOVE GRND,HIT GRND IN NOSE DN POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N419FL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cheraw Municipal
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