- Date
- July 9, 1977
- Place
- Sterling City, TX · STERLING CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5582XAero-Commdr S-2R
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770709024309A
- Case key
- 146095
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1887 77/7/9 STERLING CITY,TX AERO-COMMDR S-2R CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 11000 TIME - 0630 N5582X PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STERLING CITY,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE CALM TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 79 CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5582X
- Reported as
- Aero-Commdr S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5582XRegistration cancelled May 14, 1985 · North American Rockwell S-2RAirframe modelNorth American Rockwell S-2R
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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.