- Date
- April 16, 1978
- Place
- Lacey Springs, AL · LACEY SPRINGS, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3553PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780416008349A
- Case key
- 141874
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1323 78/4/16 LACEY SPRINGS,AL PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 21, TIME - 1530 N3553P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 53 TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VALLHERMOSO SPNGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH HUNTSVILLE,AL NORTH HUNTSVILLE,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE REMARKS- PLT ABORTED TAKEOFF UPON HEARING NOISE FROM UNDET SOURCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3553P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vallhermoso Spngs
N3553PRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2018 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.