- Date
- May 7, 1979
- Place
- Central City, PA · CENTRAL CITY, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1996LBeech C23
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790507008929A
- Case key
- 135782
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1389 79/5/7 CENTRAL CITY,PA BEECH C23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 270 TIME - 1100 N1996L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INDIAN LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CENTRAL CITY,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1996L
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Indian Lake
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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.