- Date
- December 25, 1967
- Place
- Gueydan, LA · GUEYDAN, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8238KStinson 108-1
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112623
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4401 67/12/25 GUEYDAN,LA STINSON 108-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 327 TIME - 1340 N8238K PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- ACFT NEAR GROSS WT. RNWY ROUGH,TALL GRASS AT END
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8238K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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