- Date
- April 24, 1976
- Place
- Jonesboro, GA · JONESBORO, GA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2068PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760424013379A
- Case key
- 153827
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1248 76/4/24 JONESBORO,GA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 13160 TIME - 1000 N2068P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 853 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH EXPRESSWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JONESBORO,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- DEER ON RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2068P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- South Expressway
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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 N2068P · 1
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