- Date
- February 27, 1971
- Place
- Perkasie, PA · PERKASIE, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4825LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160349
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0051 71/2/27 PERKASIE,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1645 N4825L PX- 0 0 2 DUAL AGE 36, 461 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 76 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PENN RIDGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PERKASIE,PA MONTGOMERYVILLE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- DEMO FLT,3 PROSPECTIVE STUDENT PILOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4825L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Penn Ridge