- Date
- February 8, 1975
- Place
- Freer, TX · FREER, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1298RBellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750208001469A
- Case key
- 146934
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0143 75/2/8 FREER,TX BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 106 TIME - 1630 N1298R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FREER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREER,TX HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: RUN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- OIL FILLER DOOR CAME OPEN.PLT ABORTED & LOST CTL.DMGD LDG GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1298R
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Freer Muni
N1298RRegistered now · Bellanca 17-30AAirframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine 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.