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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 310 · Doylestown, PA · September 29, 1981

Accident · Serious injuriesClosed
Date
September 29, 1981
Place
Doylestown, PA · DOYLESTOWN, PA
Injuries
2 serious
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N4125QCessna 310
Status
Completed · report November 4, 1981
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19810929063879A
Case key
123673

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2031  81/9/29    DOYLESTOWN,PA       CESSNA 310          CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 41, 859
        TIME - 0947                    N4125Q              PX-  0  1  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 46 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DOYLESTOWN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DOYLESTOWN,PA               YORK,PA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
        REMARKS- TKOF ABORTED WHEN BACKPRESSURE ON CONTROL YOKE DID NOT RAISE NOSEWHEEL AT SPEEDS ABV 87 MPH

Aircraft

Registration
N4125Q
Reported as
Cessna 310
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Doylestown

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FAA reports on this event · 1

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