- Date
- August 23, 1972
- Place
- Peachtree City, GA · PEACHTREE CITY, GA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9637Ford MTR 5-AT-B
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167600
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1435 72/8/23 PEACHTREE CITY,GA FORD MTR CO 5-AT-B CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0800 N9637 PX- 0 0 3 AIR SHOW/RACING 44, 11633 TOTAL HOURS, 40 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FALCON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEACHTREE CITY,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- TV AD PROMOTION FOR AIR SHOW. EQUIPPED WITH LEVER TYPE WHEEL BRAKE SYSTEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9637
- Reported as
- Ford MTR 5-AT-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Falcon
N9637Registration cancelled Jun 29, 2006 · Ford 5-AT-BAirframe modelFord 5-AT-BEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 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.