- Date
- November 12, 1973
- Place
- Port Isabel, TX · PORT ISABEL, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3500QCessna A188
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731112036959A
- Case key
- 188175
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3343 73/11/12 PORT ISABEL,TEX CESSNA A188 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 96 TOTAL TIME - 1615 N3500Q PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAMERON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORT ISABEL,TEX LOCAL 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 - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT'S 1ST T/O IN TAILWHEEL EQUIPD ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3500Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A188
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cameron County
N3500QRegistration cancelled Oct 2, 2014 · Cessna A188Airframe modelCessna A188Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.