- Date
- March 18, 1979
- Place
- Kennesaw, GA · KENNESAW, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2279DPDQ 2
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790318006159A
- Case key
- 144012
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3814 79/3/18 KENNESAW,GA PDQ 2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 260 TIME - 1330 N2279D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCOLLUM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENNESAW,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: VERTICAL STABILIZER,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- PLT/BLDR USED BUTT JOINT,INSTEAD OF SPLICE JOINT,ON LE OF VER STBLZR & FAULTY GLUE JOINT,LWR REAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2279D
- Reported as
- PDQ 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mccollum
N2279DRegistration cancelled Jul 26, 1982 · Strickland PDQ-2 MODEL CAirframe modelStrickland PDQ-2 MODEL C
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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 N2279D · 1
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