- Date
- September 25, 1966
- Place
- Lake George, CO · LAKE GEORGE, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5780VBeech A23
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120677
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2973 66/9/25 LAKE GEORGE COLO BEECH A23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 79 TOTAL TIME - 0945 N5780V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. 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 WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 50 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 3 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM PASTURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5780V
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5780VRegistration cancelled Nov 13, 2012 · Beech A23-24Airframe modelBeech A23-24Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N5780V · 1
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