ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 384490
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| Date: | Monday 3 May 1982 |
| Time: | 09:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-150 |
| Owner/operator: | Danny Nunn |
| Registration: | N7615Z |
| MSN: | 18-8398 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 961 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Marfa, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Marfa, TX |
| Alpine, TX | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL FOR A DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS ABLE TO OVERPOWER THE STUDENT ON THE RUDDER PEDALS BUT NOT THE AFT STICK PRESSURE. THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF THEN SETTLED BACK TO THE RUNWAY IN A THREE-POINT ATTITUDE AND COLLIDED WITH A FENCE. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED HE DID NOT HEAR THE INSTRUCTOR'S DIRECTION TO LOWER THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW82DA165
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 September 2003 | N7615Z | Private | 0 | Midland, Virginia | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-Apr-2024 11:45 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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