- Date
- May 27, 1978
- Place
- Chipley, AL · CHIPLEY, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8374UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780527014749A
- Case key
- 141955
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1331 78/5/27 CHIPLEY,AL CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1045 N8374U PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION AGE 46, 13412 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHIPLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHIPLEY,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8374U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chipley
N8374URegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Cessna 172FAirframe modelCessna 172FEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8374U · 1
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