- Date
- August 25, 1971
- Place
- Tampa, FL · TAMPA, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N89454Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163134
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3189 71/8/25 TAMPA,FLA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 208 TIME - 0400 N89454 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 163 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VENDENBERG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAMPA,FLA PALM BEACH,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- RAN OFF RWY ON ATTEMPTED NIGHT TKOF UNLIGHTED AIRSTRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89454
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vendenberg
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Other investigations on N89454 · 2
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