- Date
- August 4, 1975
- Place
- Maquon, IL · MAQUON, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8878MBeech A23
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750804025899A
- Case key
- 150108
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2480 75/8/4 MAQUON,IL BEECH A23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 125 TIME - 1800 N8878M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 82 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALFALFA FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAQUON,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- POWER LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8878M
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alfalfa Field
N8878MRegistration cancelled Mar 11, 2013 · Beech A23Airframe modelBeech A23Engine modelContinental IO-346 series
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Other investigations on N8878M · 1
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