- Date
- October 8, 1966
- Place
- Morganton, NC · MORGANTON, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4003NCessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121224
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2663 66/10/8 MORGANTON NC CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 66, 2224 TIME - 1700 N4003N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIVERSIDE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF DUE TO SUSPECTED RUDDER CONTROL PROBLEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4003N
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Riverside
N4003NRegistration cancelled Sep 13, 2018 · Cessna 120Airframe modelCessna 120Engine modelContinental C85 series
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