Gross TAYLOR TITCH N9438

Summary

On 23 March 1985 at about 17:45 local time, a Gross TAYLOR TITCH registered N9438, operated by ROY O'dell Millikan, was involved in an accident near Liberty, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 March 1985 at 17:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Liberty, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Causey (2A5)

Coordinates

35.8504, -79.5692

Aircraft

Gross TAYLOR TITCH

Registration

N9438

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

ROY O'dell Millikan

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Liberty → Madison

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL85FMG04

1 person died.

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

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES INTERVIEWED, PILOT MADE A TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 2, HOLDING THE PLANE JUST A FEW FEET OFF THE RUNWAY WITH A STEEP PULL UP AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. IT WAS THEN OBSERVED DOING A STEEP BANK, LOW ALTITUDE 180 DEGREE TURN AND PROCEEDED DIAGONALLY BACK ACROSS THE RUNWAY AT AN ALTITUDE LESS THAN 25 FEET AND MADE ANOTHER STEEP PULL-UP AND ANOTHER STEEP TURN AT WHICH TIME THE AIRPLANE FLEW INTO THE GROUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.