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FAA accident report · Cessna 175A · Norfolk, NE · June 1, 1998

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Date
June 1, 1998 · 17:00 local
Place
Norfolk, NE
Airport
Karl Stefan Memorial
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6847E
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI98LA188
Reported as
Cessna 175A
Reported engine
Continental GO300C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total70 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days
N6847ERegistration cancelled May 5, 2000 · Cessna 175AS/N 56347Airframe modelCessna 175A

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.

May have encountered windshear and was unable to climb. Impacted terrain. (.4)after takeoff the airplane departed controlled flight and impacted the terrain. The pilot said that he believes that the airplane encountered a wind shift. The airplane departed on runway 31. The reported winds six minutes prior to the accident were 270 degrees at 23 knots with gusts to 27 knots. (-23) N6847E departed Norfolk, NE (ofk), approximately 1648 local time. The aircraft had a difficult time making altitude and seemed to be laboring just over the tops of the trees to the northwest side of the airport. After clearing the trees, the left wing dipped and the aircraft impacted the ground approximately 1 mile northwest of the airport. The PIC and two passengers escaped from the wreckage with serious and minor injuries respectively. A few minutes later, the aircraft became engulfed in flames due to the fuel tanks being ruptured and leaking onto the hot exhaust.

As the FAA filed it

MAY HAVE ENCOUNTERED WINDSHEAR AND WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB. IMPACTED TERRAIN. (.4)AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED CONTROLLED FLIGHT AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED A WIND SHIFT. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED ON RUNWAY 31. THE REPORTED WINDS SIX MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT WERE 270 DEGREES AT 23 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 27 KNOTS. (-23) N6847E DEPARTED NORFOLK, NE (OFK), APPROXIMATELY 1648 LOCAL TIME. THE AIRCRAFT HAD A DIFFICULT TIME MAKING ALTITUDE AND SEEMED TO BE LABORING JUST OVER THE TOPS OF THE TREES TO THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. AFTER CLEARING THE TREES, THE LEFT WING DIPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT. THE PIC AND TWO PASSENGERS ESCAPED FROM THE WRECKAGE WITH SERIOUS AND MINOR INJURIES RESPECTIVELY. A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE AIRCRAFT BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES DUE TO THE FUEL TANKS BEING RUPTURED AND LEAKING ONTO THE HOT EXHAUST.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB CHI98LA188Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNorfolk, NEthe pilot's misjudged wind conditions and his not obtaining/maintaining compensation for wind conditions. A factor was a sudden wind shift.Jun 1, 1998 · Destroyed