- Date
- February 8, 1967
- Place
- Wilmington, DE · WILMINGTON, DE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N89328Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118776
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0315 67/2/8 WILMINGTON,DEL CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 432 TIME - 1900 N89328 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 261 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER WILMINGTN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- INIT T/O ON RT SIDE OF PLOWED RNWY CLOSE TO SNOWBANK.ACFT HIT ICE PATCH.RNWY CLR FOR CENT LINE T/O
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89328
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Wilmingtn
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