- Date
- May 22, 1976
- Place
- Bryan, TX · BRYAN, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N246MDBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760522011729A
- Case key
- 154160
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1034 76/5/22 BRYAN,TX BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 218 TIME - 1600 N246MD PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COULTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRYAN,TX HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ABORTED 1ST TKOF OK. PLT STATED ACFT PULLED TO L. NO MALF FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N246MD
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Coulter
N246MDRegistration cancelled Jan 5, 2023 · Beech 35Airframe modelBeech 35Engine modelContinental E185 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.