- Date
- November 16, 1980
- Place
- Eighty Four, PA · EIGHTY FOUR, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N481JCherokee RM-A-1
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801116066449A
- Case key
- 128603
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2858 80/11/16 EIGHTY FOUR,PA CHEROKEE RM-A-1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE UNK/NR, 38 TIME - 1525 N481J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BANDEL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EIGHTY FOUR,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- INADVERTENTLY RLSD TOW LN WHILE ATMTG TO OPER SPOILERS AT APRX 100FT AGL.BOTH LEVERS ON L SIDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N481J
- Reported as
- Cherokee RM-A-1
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bandel
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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.