- Date
- December 4, 1978
- Place
- Vermillion, SD · VERMILLION, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5585PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781204036279A
- Case key
- 143934
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3267 78/12/4 VERMILLION,SD PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 163 TIME - 2100 N5585P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 110 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAROLD DAVIDSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VERMILLION,SD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY REMARKS- PATCHES OF ICE AND FROST ON RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5585P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harold Davidson
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5585P · 1
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