- Date
- May 29, 1974
- Place
- Centertown, KY · CENTERTOWN, KY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3474HErco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740529016149A
- Case key
- 126389
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1417 74/5/29 CENTERTOWN,KY ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 3000 TIME - 1230 N3474H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DECATOR,ALA GREENVILLE,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- DRG TKOF ON IMPLEMENT RD,NOSEWHEEL CTCTD RUTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3474H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3474HRegistration cancelled Jun 9, 1975 · Engineering & Research 415-DAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-D
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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.