- Date
- September 8, 1975
- Place
- Nappanee, IN · NAPPANEE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N86547Cessna A188B
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750908030419A
- Case key
- 150834
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2655 75/9/8 NAPPANEE,IN CESSNA A188B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1420 TIME - 1610 N86547 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 631 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NAPPANEE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 630 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 850 REMARKS- FLD ROUGH WITH WEEDS 4-6 IN HIGH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86547
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N86547 · 1
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