- Date
- July 13, 1966
- Place
- Columbus, NM · COLUMBUS, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3253Beech 35
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171638
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0401 66/7/13 COLUMBUS N MEX BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 3000 TIME - 1530 N3253 PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBUS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 90 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- RUNWAY LENGTH WAS MARGINAL FOR TAKEOFF IN EXISTING CONDITIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3253
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Columbus
N3253Registration cancelled Oct 2, 2012 · Beech 35Airframe modelBeech 35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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