- Date
- June 17, 1968
- Place
- Pontiac, MI · PONTIAC, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7980LBeech A23-19
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110182
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1534 68/6/17 PONTIAC,MICH BEECH A23-19 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 50, 49 TOTAL TIME - 1655 N7980L PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PONTIAC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- STRUCK TRASH BARRELS AND TELEPHONE POLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7980L
- Reported as
- Beech A23-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pontiac
N7980LRegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2013 · Beech A23-19Airframe modelBeech A23-19Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N7980L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.