- Date
- May 8, 1979
- Place
- Brockport, NY · BROCKPORT, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5963UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790508009459A
- Case key
- 136133
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1019 79/5/8 BROCKPORT,NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 18 TOTAL TIME - 1010 N5963U PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEDEDALE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROCKPORT,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH WIND-TEE FOLLOWED BY DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5963U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lededale
N5963URegistration cancelled Nov 4, 2019 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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