Cherokee RM-A-1 N481J

16 November 1980 · Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 16 November 1980 at about 15:25 local time, a Cherokee RM-A-1 registered N481J was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 16 November 1980 at 15:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport: Bandel
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cherokee RM-A-1
Registration: N481J
Category: Glider
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2858

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	0

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

INADVERTENTLY RLSD TOW LN WHILE ATMTG TO OPER SPOILERS AT APRX 100FT AGL.BOTH LEVERS ON L SIDE.

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 3-2858, 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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