- Date
- June 23, 1979
- Place
- Waldenburg, AR · WALDENBURG, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8871QRockwell S-2R
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790623014329A
- Case key
- 136170
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1069 79/6/23 WALDENBURG,AR ROCKWELL S-2R CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 2820 TIME - 0930 N8871Q PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 2800 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WALDENBURG,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS REMARKS- PLT REPORTED DRIFTED INTO WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8871Q
- Reported as
- Rockwell S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N8871Q · 1
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