- Date
- March 4, 1980
- Place
- N Myrtle Beach, SC · N MYRTLE BEACH, SC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3737MPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800304004509A
- Case key
- 131821
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0339 80/3/4 N MYRTLE BEACH,SC PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 345 TIME - 1215 N3737M PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND STRAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION N MYRTLE BEACH,SC PINEVILLE,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3737M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Strand
N3737MRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3737M · 1
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