- Date
- June 2, 1974
- Place
- Nw Smyrna Bch, FL · NW SMYRNA BCH, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8532PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740602022139A
- Case key
- 132581
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3848 74/6/2 NW SMYRNA BCH,FLA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1112 TIME - 1010 N8532P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 705 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPRUCE CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NW SMYRNA BCH,FLA 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 - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF REMARKS- DEMO OF ACFT PERF.ATMTD L/O AT 100MPH IAS,LATER AT SPDS UP TO 120MPH.CTLS FND FULLY FUNCTIONAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8532P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spruce Creek
N8532PRegistration cancelled Oct 1, 2022 · Piper PA-24-400Airframe modelPiper PA-24-400Engine modelLycoming IO-720 series
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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.