Smith DSA1 N138L

25 October 1975 · Abingdon, Virginia, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 October 1975 at about 12:05 local time, a Smith DSA1 registered N138L was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Abingdon, Virginia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 October 1975 at 12:05
Classification: Accident
Location: Abingdon, Virginia, United States
Nearest airport: Virginia Highland
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Smith DSA1
Registration: N138L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Roanoke, Va
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3558

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

LOST CTL, ACFT VEERED R OFF RWY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3558, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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