- Date
- April 16, 1967
- Place
- Smithberg, MD · SMITHBERG, MD
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7970DBeech H35
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117623
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1222 67/4/16 SMITHBERG, MD BEECH H35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, UNK/NR TIME - 1645 N7970D PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED HEAVY TAKEOFF FROM SHORT STRIP. NO WIND CONDITION. ACFT STRUCK DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7970D
- Reported as
- Beech H35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7970DRegistration cancelled May 4, 2019 · Beech H35Airframe modelBeech H35Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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