- Date
- October 29, 1978
- Place
- Belle Vernon, PA · BELLE VERNON, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N66DPGreat Lakes Baby
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781029031839A
- Case key
- 144056
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3342 78/10/29 BELLE VERNON,PA GREAT LAKES BABY CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 309 TIME - 1725 N66DP PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSTRAVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BELLE VERNON,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH PARKED MINI BIKE ON SOD STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66DP
- Reported as
- Great Lakes Baby
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rostraver
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.