- Date
- May 9, 1971
- Place
- Bealeton, VA · BEALETON, VA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N939MDehavilland 60GM
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161602
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1554 71/5/9 BEALETON,VA DEHAVILLAND 60GM CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 57, 690 TIME - 1555 N939M PX- 0 0 1 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 214 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING CIRCUS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEALETON,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 30K.RWY 15DEG DOWNSLOPE,TREES AT END.ABORTED WHEN TREES COULD NOT BE CLEARED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N939M
- Reported as
- Dehavilland 60GM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying Circus
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