- Date
- May 30, 1964
- Place
- Weyers Cave, VA · WEYERS CAVE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N29398Culver LCA
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183775
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1478 64/5/30 WEYERS CAVE VA CULVER LCA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 1300 TIME - 1810 N29398 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHENADOAH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29398
- Reported as
- Culver LCA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shenadoah
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