- Date
- March 10, 1968
- Place
- Castroville, TX · CASTROVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5649FAlon A-2
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111671
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0592 68/3/10 CASTROVILLE,TEX ALON A-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 900 TIME - 1200 N5649F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O FROM RANCH FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5649F
- Reported as
- Alon A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5649FRegistration cancelled Sep 25, 2012 · Alon A-2AAirframe modelAlon A-2AEngine modelContinental C90 series
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