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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna A188B · Shepardsville, KY · September 16, 1977

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
September 16, 1977
Place
Shepardsville, KY · SHEPARDSVILLE, KY
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N9621GCessna A188B
Status
Completed · report November 15, 1977
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19770916031869A
Case key
145094

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2696  77/9/16    SHEPARDSVILLE,KY    CESSNA A188B        CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 10030
        TIME - 1450                    N9621G              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 2050 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FARM STRIP
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SHEPARDSVILLE,KY            LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 4000                       KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - OTHER                                     PILOT' S SEAT BELT -NOT FASTENED
          GLOVES - NOT USED                                        GOGGLES - NOT USED
          CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED                            COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED
          CRASH BAR - INSTALLED                                    TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT
          TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING                                    ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  650

Aircraft

Registration
N9621G
Reported as
Cessna A188B
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Farm Strip

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Other investigations on N9621G · 1

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