- Date
- September 17, 1968
- Place
- Paducah, KY · PADUCAH, KY
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3259QCessna 402
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107702
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4452 68/9/17 PADUCAH,KY CESSNA 402 CR- 0 2 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1955 N3259Q PX- 0 0 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 21, 1684 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 210 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BARKLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MAIL FLT.IMPROPER ANGLE OF CLIMB,ALLOWED PROPS TO CONTACT RNWY.ABRUPT ASCENT WITH DAMAGED PROPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3259Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 402
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Barkley
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