- Date
- April 19, 1976
- Place
- Grand Haven, MI · GRAND HAVEN, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4508LEvangel 4500
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760419009869A
- Case key
- 153556
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0807 76/4/19 GRAND HAVEN,MI EVANGEL 4500 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 64, 7586 TIME - 1743 N4508L PX- 0 0 3 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 215 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND HAVEN MEM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND HAVEN,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD REMARKS- TKOF ADJ TO RWY ON GRASS AREA.ACFT ROLLED THRU SOFT SAND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4508L
- Reported as
- Evangel 4500
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Haven Mem
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4508L · 1
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