- Date
- July 17, 1968
- Place
- Mattoon, WI · MATTOON, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3884XAero Comdr 100
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109315
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2550 68/7/17 MATTOON,WIS AERO COMDR 100 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 300 TIME - 0930 N3884X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O FROM PASTURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3884X
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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