- Date
- July 9, 1977
- Place
- Alabaster, AL · ALABASTER, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N221TPiper PA18
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770709020749A
- Case key
- 146202
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1925 77/7/9 ALABASTER,AL PIPER PA18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 28 TOTAL TIME - 1240 N221T PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHELBY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIRMINGHAM,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N221T
- Reported as
- Piper PA18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shelby County
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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 N221T · 1
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