- Date
- August 14, 1974
- Place
- Dewitt, MI · DEWITT, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3262TCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740814026009A
- Case key
- 136862
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2776 74/8/14 DEWITT,MICH CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1940 N3262T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 55, 996 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 287 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAPLE HEIGHTS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEWITT,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- TOOK OFF DOWNWIND IN TALL GRASS.HIT OIL DRUM USED AS RWY MARKER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3262T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Maple Heights
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.