- Date
- October 3, 1976
- Place
- Franklin, WI · FRANKLIN, WI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6500BMooney M20
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761003033159A
- Case key
- 152579
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3161 76/10/3 FRANKLIN,WI MOONEY M20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 239 TIME - 1015 N6500B PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 59 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAINBOW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRANKLIN,WI SALEM,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6500B
- Reported as
- Mooney M20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rainbow
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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.