- Date
- March 12, 1967
- Place
- Boone, NC · BOONE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N34130Commonwlth 185
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118100
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0772 67/3/12 BOONE,NC COMMONWLTH 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 700 TIME - 1600 N34130 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLOWING ROCK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- UNABLE TO CLEAR FENCE UNDER EXISTING CONDITIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34130
- Reported as
- Commonwlth 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blowing Rock
N34130Registered now · Commonwealth REARWIN 185Airframe modelCommonwealth REARWIN 185Engine modelContinental C85 series
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