- Date
- September 1, 1966
- Place
- Allentown, PA · ALLENTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8170EMooney MK20A
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121029
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2152 66/9/1 ALLENTOWN PA MOONEY MK20A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 18, 16 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N8170E PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLENTOWN-EASTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- STUDENT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF TOO CLOSE BEHIND DEPARTING JET AIRCRAFT AFTER BEING CAUTIONED BY TOWER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8170E
- Reported as
- Mooney MK20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allentown-Easton
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.