- Date
- August 31, 1978
- Place
- Grove City, PA · GROVE CITY, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N669FLPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780831025979A
- Case key
- 139633
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2706 78/8/31 GROVE CITY,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 17 TOTAL TIME - 2215 N669FL PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GROVE CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GROVE CITY,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N669FL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grove City
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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