- Date
- October 17, 1971
- Place
- Fredericksburg, VA · FREDERICKSBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8079YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163396
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3045 71/10/17 FREDERICKSBURG,VA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1415 N8079Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 39, 7400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 220 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHANNON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREDERICKSBURG,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE REMARKS- ABORTED ABT 1600FT DOWN RWY,NO A/S INDCTN.PITOT COVER NOT REMOVED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8079Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shannon