- Date
- September 12, 1970
- Place
- Grand Isle, VT · GRAND ISLE, VT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N40029Piaggio P136L1
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158464
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4008 70/9/12 GRAND ISLE,VT PIAGGIO P136L1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 1792 TIME - 1515 N40029 PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 328 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SWANTON,VT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- ACFT ON STEP,STEEP L TURN MADE,L FLOAT HIT WATER-PLT RAISED L FLOAT,R FLOAT,WING TIP HIT WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40029
- Reported as
- Piaggio P136L1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N40029Registered now · Piaggio P.136-L1Airframe modelPiaggio P.136-L1Engine modelLycoming GO-480 series
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