35.3463° N, 101.3805° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Panhandle, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 15, 1981 · 10:15 local
Place
Panhandle, TX
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3568Q
Reported as
Cessna 188CESSNA
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,463 total133 in this make and model54 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.
Pilot attempted downwind takeoff in high grass, aircraft crashed into objects at end of field, flipped inverted.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT ATTEMPTED DOWNWIND TAKEOFF IN HIGH GRASS, AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO OBJECTS AT END OF FIELD, FLIPPED INVERTED.