- Date
- October 15, 1977
- Place
- Finleyville, PA · FINLEYVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47282Taylorcraft L-2M
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771015030629A
- Case key
- 145182
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2939 77/10/15 FINLEYVILLE,PA TAYLORCRAFT L-2M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 44, 71 TOTAL TIME - 1335 N47282 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FINLEYVILLE AIRPK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FINLEYVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 50 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 11 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 26 KTS, CALM ON TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47282
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft L-2M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Finleyville Airpk
N47282Registration cancelled Mar 18, 2013 · Taylorcraft DCO-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft DCO-65Engine modelContinental A&C75 series
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Other investigations on N47282 · 1
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