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IAD74FID32

1974-04-21 · TAPPAHANNOCK, Virginia, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N3029G has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (PIPER PA-28-161, built 1978), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
FORNEY F1A · N3029G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
TAPPAHANNOCK
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
220° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000005724
Total time
978 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
560
Age
32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

UNOCCUPIED CESSNA N8296B,SUB DMG.

Investigator remarks

STRUCK GND ON NOSE GR.ACFT SKIDDED ON GND STRUCK

Cause factors

  • 74/C/KA C
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
  • 64/B/25 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
  • 80/K/BY K
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1552. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1552.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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