- Date
- July 2, 1978
- Place
- Newberry, SC · NEWBERRY, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2152MPiper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780702016889A
- Case key
- 141209
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1462 78/7/2 NEWBERRY,SC PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 64, 2666 TIME - 1100 N2152M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2653 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWBERRY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWBERRY,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: FROM LANDING COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- LNDD ON GRASS ADJ TO RWY,NOT DESIGNATED AS LDG AREA.PLT STATED AVOIDING ANIMAL.HIT VASI LIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2152M
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newberry
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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.