- Date
- April 23, 1978
- Place
- Slaton, TX · SLATON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N10984Bellanca 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780423007169A
- Case key
- 142686
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0596 78/4/23 SLATON,TX BELLANCA 7ECA CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 173 TIME - 1510 N10984 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SLATON MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LUBBOCK,TX LOCAL SLATON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING 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 LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 70 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10984
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Slaton Municipal
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Other investigations on N10984 · 1
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