- Date
- April 9, 1978
- Place
- Trivoli, IL · TRIVOLI, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4158NCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780409010889A
- Case key
- 142815
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0768 78/4/9 TRIVOLI,IL CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 405 TIME - 1700 N4158N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 67 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROWN RLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRIVOLI,IL YATES CITY,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- DEPARTED RWY IN NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE,BANKED ACFT TO AVOID HOUSES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4158N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brown Rla
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4158N · 1
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