- Date
- June 11, 1972
- Place
- Middletown, DE · MIDDLETOWN, DE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8455YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166743
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0508 72/6/11 MIDDLETOWN,DEL PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 1800 TIME - 1900 N8455Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1350 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUMMIT AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILMINGTON,DEL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- CP LND ACFT,PLT OPENED THROTTLES FULL. ACFT VEERED TO L. LND FROM FAST APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8455Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Summit Airpark