- Date
- May 18, 1975
- Place
- Columbia City, IN · COLUMBIA CITY, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N17AAdams SIDE-W
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750518014149A
- Case key
- 148987
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1178 75/5/18 COLUMBIA CITY,IN ADAMS SIDE-W CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 140 TIME - 1915 N17A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 85 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOTHERWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBIA CITY,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- TALL GRASS,ACFT SLOW TO ACCELERATE,PULLED ACFT OFF RWY,SETTLED BEYOND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17A
- Reported as
- Adams SIDE-W
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Motherwell
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.