- Date
- April 24, 1965
- Place
- Augusta, GA · AUGUSTA, GA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N80559Globe 6C-1A
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179333
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1008 65/4/24 AUGUSTA GA GLOBE 6C-1A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, UNK/NR TIME - 1750 N80559 PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANIEL FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED REMARKS- PILOT MISTAKENLY USED RUNWAY 35 A CLOSED RNWY INSTEAD OF 05 FOR TAKEOFF.35 1600 FT SHORTER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80559
- Reported as
- Globe 6C-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Daniel Field
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