- Date
- October 9, 1965
- Place
- College Park, MD · COLLEGE PARK, MD
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2573MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175189
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3028 65/10/9 COLLEGE PARK MD PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 327 TIME - 1815 N2573M PX- 0 0 2 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLLEGE PARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2573M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- College Park
N2573MRegistration cancelled Nov 22, 2017 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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