- Date
- July 7, 1978
- Place
- Tomball, TX · TOMBALL, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N49490Cessna 411
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780707017409A
- Case key
- 141292
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1546 78/7/7 TOMBALL,TX CESSNA 411 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 544 TIME - 0700 N49490 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOOKS MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOMBALL,TX DALLAS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49490
- Reported as
- Cessna 411
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hooks Memorial
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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.