- Date
- March 30, 1977
- Place
- Middletown, IN · MIDDLETOWN, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6454FCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770330008399A
- Case key
- 158017
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0901 77/3/30 MIDDLETOWN, IN CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 1081 TIME - 2000 N6454F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 357 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDDLETOWN, IN INDIANAPOLIS,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- NIGHT TAKEOFF FROM A 1280 FOOT ROUGH UNIMPROVED FIELD WITH A STAND OF ALFALFA 4 TO 5 INCHES HIGH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6454F
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Strip
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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.