19790808019479A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Naval N3N1DUSTERS · Madera, CA · August 8, 1979

Date
August 8, 1979 · 06:00 local
Place
Madera, CA
Airport
Madera
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N30KB
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79DVA54
Reported as
Naval N3N1DUSTERS
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total500 in this make and model270 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Made takeoff behind departing acft. Lost directional control. Ran off runway. Hit concrete curbing.

As the FAA filed it

MADE TAKEOFF BEHIND DEPARTING ACFT. LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. RAN OFF RUNWAY. HIT CONCRETE CURBING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.