- Date
- July 25, 1968
- Place
- Byron, MI · BYRON, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N89WBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109187
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2359 68/7/25 BYRON,MICH BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 209 TIME - 1915 N89W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 66 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- STRUCK CORN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89W
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N89WRegistration cancelled Sep 13, 2016 · Beech 35Airframe modelBeech 35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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