- Date
- August 1, 1972
- Place
- Redgranite, WI · REDGRANITE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N241Travel Air 4000
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168014
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2845 72/8/1 REDGRANITE,WIS TRAVEL AIR 4000 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 4900 TIME - 1030 N241 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REDGRANITE,WIS WAUTOMA,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- WEEDS ENTANGLED BOTH BRAKE ATTACH LEVERS,CAUSED BRAKES TO LOCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N241
- Reported as
- Travel Air 4000
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N241Registered now · Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000Airframe modelCurtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000Engine modelWright WWJ series
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