- Date
- April 12, 1976
- Place
- Leesburg, GA · LEESBURG, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9669PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760412010679A
- Case key
- 153532
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0868 76/4/12 LEESBURG,GA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 46 TOTAL TIME - 1731 N9669P PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALBANY DOUGHERTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEESBURG,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GUST LOCKS ENGAGED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- REAR SEAT BELT FASTENED AROUND REAR CTL STICK SERVING AS GUST LOCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9669P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Albany Dougherty
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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.