- Date
- October 10, 1978
- Place
- Lanark, IL · LANARK, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5896GCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781010041789A
- Case key
- 138559
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4118 78/10/10 LANARK,IL CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 291 TIME - 1800 N5896G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 71 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANARK,IL FREEPORT,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- TKOF RUN REQD ON DRY RY TO CLEAR 50FT OBSTACLE 1385FT.RY AVAILABLE 1320 FT. 12 KT TAILWIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5896G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5896G · 1
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