- Date
- September 18, 1977
- Place
- Titusville, PA · TITUSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3240ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770918029009A
- Case key
- 145113
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2366 77/9/18 TITUSVILLE,PA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 146 TIME - 1730 N3240Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FARM STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TITUSVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- 1200FT WET STRIP,GRASS 5-6IN HIGH.HIT ROCKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3240Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Farm Strip
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.