# Accident 19980820021409A: Frchld 24R46A, Scribner, NE, August 20, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1998, 07:10 local time
- Place: Scribner, NE
- Airport: Scribner State Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6605° N, 96.6606° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6605&lon=-96.6606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28644, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28644) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild 24R-46A (registry code 3370516, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-24r-46a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Warner SS50A (registry code 64506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/warner-ss50a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD 24R46A
- Reported engine: FCD 6440C5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA322) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980820021409A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN STOLEN AND CRASHED ON RETURN TO THE ARPT. (-23) AIRCRAFT WAS STOLEN FROM HANGAR BY A PERSON OR PERSONS UNKNOWN AND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST DURING ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF.                       (.4) THE AIRPLANE WAS DISCOVERED AT 0710 CDT, ON THE SCRIBNER STATE AIRFIELD, SCRIBNER, NEBRASKA, BY THE OWNER, AFTER THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE. THE AIRPLANE'S OWNER ESTIMATED THAT THE TOTAL DISTANCE THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED WAS 40 YARDS. THE OWNER STATED THAT THE UNKNOWN PERSON OPERATING THE AIRPLANE 'PROBABLY LOST CONTROL WHEN [THE] TAILWHEEL LEFT THE RUNWAY. EXCESSIVE TAKEOFF TRIM WAS SET, [THUS THE] TAIL MAY HAVE LIFTED OFF PREMATURELY.' THE PILOT FLED THE ACCIDENT SITE AND WAS NEVER IDENTIFIED. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO ANOMALIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI98LA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA322), Aug 20, 1998: Fairchild 24R-46A (N28644), Scribner, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: the inadvertent ground loop caused by an unknown person who was in the process of stealing the airplane.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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