- Date
- September 23, 1977
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5998MCessna 421B
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770923030849A
- Case key
- 158640
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2880 77/9/23 HOUSTON,TX CESSNA 421B CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1545 N5998M PX- 0 0 0 TEST 28, 2225 TOTAL HOURS, 230 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLIAM P HOBBY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5998M
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- William P Hobby
N5998MRegistration cancelled Aug 18, 2009 · Cessna 421BAirframe modelCessna 421BEngine modelContinental GTSI0-520-F-K
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5998M · 1
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