- Date
- June 5, 1973
- Place
- Saltsburg, PA · SALTSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N305YGreat Lakes 2T-1AE
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730605016519A
- Case key
- 190452
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1314 73/6/5 SALTSBURG,PA GREAT LAKES 2T-1AE CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 670 TIME - 1600 N305Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - J W AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALTSBURG,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LWR R WING DRAGGED GRAIN GROWING ADJACENT TO RWY.ACFT ENTRD GRAIN FLD NOSED OVR.2HR THIS ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N305Y
- Reported as
- Great Lakes 2T-1AE
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- J W Airport
N305YRegistered now · Stump Great Lakes 2T-1A-EAirframe modelStump Great Lakes 2T-1A-EEngine modelFranklin 6V 350 series
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Other investigations on N305Y · 1
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