- Date
- July 23, 1970
- Place
- Mt Snow, VT · MT SNOW, VT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2948TAero Comdr 100
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109903
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3125 70/7/23 MT SNOW,VT AERO COMDR 100 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N2948T PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 23, 351 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT SNOW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MT SNOW,VT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- 20MIN DUAL 15MIN SOLO.SOFT FLD TKOF.ACFT DRIFTED L.JAMMED PLTS SEAT RLSD UN ADD R RUDDER.HIT STUMP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2948T
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mt Snow
N2948TRegistered now · Aero Commander 100Airframe modelAero Commander 100Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N2948T · 2
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