- Date
- August 4, 1970
- Place
- Marion, IN · MARION, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N444KBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111480
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3282 70/8/4 MARION,IND BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 1223 TIME - 1155 N444K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 615 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARION,IND CLINTON,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP REMARKS- ALLOWED PROP TO STRIKE RWY,GR IN TRANSIT. CLOSED THROTTLE AND LND GR UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N444K
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marion
N444KRegistration cancelled Nov 9, 2012 · Beech 35Airframe modelBeech 35Engine modelContinental E185 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.