- Date
- September 20, 1981
- Place
- Kearney, NE · KEARNEY, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2491BPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810920060049A
- Case key
- 123213
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2256 81/9/20 KEARNEY,NE PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 22 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N2491B PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KEARNEY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEARNEY,NE LINCOLN,NE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2491B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kearney Muni
N2491BRegistration cancelled Aug 21, 2012 · Piper PA-38-112Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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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.