- Date
- December 17, 1967
- Place
- Skaneateles, NY · SKANEATELES, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3921KPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112598
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4345 67/12/17 SKANEATELES,NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 19 TOTAL TIME - 1450 N3921K PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EMPIRE AERO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- TOUCH AND GO LDG PRACTICE.SNOW BANK ALONG RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3921K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Empire Aero
N3921KRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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