- Date
- May 29, 1981
- Place
- Kaunakakai, HI · KAUNAKAKAI, HI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N97726Stinson 108
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810529031829A
- Case key
- 126269
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0906 81/5/29 KAUNAKAKAI,HI STINSON 108 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1200 TIME - 0613 N97726 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 196 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOLOKAI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KAUNAKAKAI,HI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- AFTER VEERING OFF RWY,CONTD TKOF W REDUCED PWR UNTIL JUST PRIOR TO LIFT-OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97726
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Molokai
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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.