Great Lakes BABY N66DP

29 October 1978 · Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 October 1978 at about 17:25 local time, a Great Lakes BABY registered N66DP was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, 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: 29 October 1978 at 17:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport: Rostraver
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Great Lakes BABY
Registration: N66DP
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Practice
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 3-3342

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

COLLIDED WITH PARKED MINI BIKE ON SOD STRIP.

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 3-3342, 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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