- Date
- August 10, 1978
- Place
- Schaefferstown, PA · SCHAEFFERSTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N575VPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780810026349A
- Case key
- 139634
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2708 78/8/10 SCHAEFFERSTOWN,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 665 TIME - 1930 N575V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 158 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KELLER BROTHERS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEYERSTOWN,PA SCHAEFFERSTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- PIC ALLOWED STUDENT PLT TO MANIPULATE THE CTLS.LOST CTL OF ACFT WHILE PERFORMING A SOFT FLD TKEOFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N575V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Keller Brothers
N575VRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.