- Date
- December 18, 1964
- Place
- Savannah, GA · SAVANNAH, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7781PPiper PA24
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180397
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3873 64/12/18 SAVANNAH GA PIPER PA24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 2000 TIME - 1518 N7781P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRAVIS FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7781P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Travis Field
N7781PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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