- Date
- January 12, 1974
- Place
- Kennedy Mds, CA · KENNEDY MDS, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9781ACessna 170A
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740112000559A
- Case key
- 187169
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0113 74/1/12 KENNEDY MDS,CALIF CESSNA 170A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 139 TIME - 1500 N9781A PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENNEDY MEADOWS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENNEDY MDWS,CALIF INYOKERN,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS REMARKS- L GR RAN INTO SLUSH. VEERED L INTO SNOW BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9781A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kennedy Meadows
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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.
Other investigations on N9781A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.