- Date
- July 6, 1975
- Place
- Franklin, KY · FRANKLIN, KY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3762XAero Comdr 100
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750706019369A
- Case key
- 150115
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2488 75/7/6 FRANKLIN,KY AERO COMDR 100 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 506 TIME - 1230 N3762X PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 303 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRANKLIN,KY HOPKINSVILLE,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- FLD 888FT DOWNSLOPE WITH GRASS ABT 3 IN HI.TKOF DIST RQRD COMPUTED TO BE 900FT.HIT TOP WIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3762X
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
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