- Date
- October 24, 1974
- Place
- Griffin, GA · GRIFFIN, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8921RBellanca 7GCA
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741024036099A
- Case key
- 140947
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3384 74/10/24 GRIFFIN,GA BELLANCA 7GCA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 145 TIME - 1645 N8921R PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRIFFIN SPALDING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRIFFIN,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- RESETTING OVHD TRIM,ACFT ALMOST GROUND LOOPED,PLT INITIATED GO-AROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8921R
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Griffin Spalding
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8921R · 1
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