- Date
- July 24, 1978
- Place
- Tahlequah, OK · TAHLEQUAH, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5544MAero-Comdr 100
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780724024299A
- Case key
- 140883
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1944 78/7/24 TAHLEQUAH,OK AERO-COMDR 100 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 67, 850 TIME - 0830 N5544M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 430 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAHLEQUAH MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAHLEQUAH,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GUST LOCKS ENGAGED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5544M
- Reported as
- Aero-Comdr 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tahlequah Muni
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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.