- Date
- July 25, 1964
- Place
- Weirton, WV · WEIRTON, WV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N36218Taylorcraft BL65
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182171
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2216 64/7/25 WEIRTON W VA TAYLORCRAFT BL65 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1615 N36218 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 55, 1750 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEIRTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS DUAL STUDENT - CONTROL INTERFERENCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36218
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BL65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Weirton
N36218Registered now · Taylorcraft BL-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft BL-65Engine modelLycoming 0-145B series
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