- Date
- August 8, 1976
- Place
- New Castle, IN · NEW CASTLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7033LCessna 310K
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760808023809A
- Case key
- 155284
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2756 76/8/8 NEW CASTLE,IN CESSNA 310K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 2885 TIME - 0450 N7033L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWCASTLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW CASTLE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 54 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENCTRD FOG BANK BECAME DISORIENTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7033L
- Reported as
- Cessna 310K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newcastle Muni
N7033LRegistration cancelled Aug 2, 2020 · Cessna 310KAirframe modelCessna 310KEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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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.