- Date
- October 5, 1973
- Place
- Springfield, IL · SPRINGFIELD, IL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N887QMitsubishi MU-2
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731005033529A
- Case key
- 188247
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3231 73/10/5 SPRINGFIELD,ILL MITSUBISHI MU-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0605 N887Q PX- 0 0 4 CORP/EXEC 40, 5448 TOTAL HOURS, 510 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITOL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SPRINGFIELD,ILL DALLAS,TEXAS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- SKIDDED ON GRASS STRUCK EDGE OF TAXIWAY WHICH WAS ABT 6IN HIGHER THAN GND.PLT ATTN TO SYNC INST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N887Q
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Capitol
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.