- Date
- May 20, 1968
- Place
- Grants, NM · GRANTS, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N30136Waco UPF-7
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110695
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1258 68/5/20 GRANTS,N MEX WACO UPF-7 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1515 N30136 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 25, 1052 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRANTS-MILAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 80 260 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- LT QUARTERING HEADWIND 12K,WITH GUSTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30136
- Reported as
- Waco UPF-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grants-Milan