- Date
- June 3, 1976
- Place
- Dekalb, IL · DEKALB, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N78379Aero Comdr 500A
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760603016519A
- Case key
- 153964
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1518 76/6/3 DEKALB,IL AERO COMDR 500A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 2827 TIME - 0300 N78379 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 162 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEKALB MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEKALB,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE REMARKS- PLT RPTD TKOF ABORTED BECAUSE SOMETHING DID NOT FEEL RIGHT.PLT STATED NO REST OR SLEEP LAST 24 HR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78379
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dekalb Municipal
N78379Registered now · Aero Commander 500-AAirframe modelAero Commander 500-AEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.