- Date
- January 30, 1967
- Place
- Baton Rouge, LA · BATON ROUGE, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N72844Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118746
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0288 67/1/30 BATON ROUGE,LA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 177 TIME - 1730 N72844 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOWNTOWN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- PLT PUSHED RUDDER PEDALS TO ADJ SEAT AND ACFT VEERED FRM RNWY.PLT TRIED CONTINUE T/O ON SOFT GRASS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72844
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Downtown
N72844Registration cancelled Nov 17, 2014 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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