- Date
- July 26, 1978
- Place
- Tuscaloosa, AL · TUSCALOOSA, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5239WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780726018269A
- Case key
- 140236
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2989 78/7/26 TUSCALOOSA,AL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 63 TOTAL TIME - 1545 N5239W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TUSCALOOSA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUSCALOOSA,AL UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- PARKING BRAKE WOULD NOT HOLD FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. LUSCOMBE N28898,SUBSTANTIAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5239W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tuscaloosa Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5239W · 1
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