- Date
- July 30, 1972
- Place
- Sanibel, FL · SANIBEL, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4739JBeech A23-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167536
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2563 72/7/30 SANIBEL,FLA BEECH A23-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 144 TIME - 1530 N4739J PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANIBEL ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANIBEL,FLA POMPANO,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS REMARKS- SET FLAPS TO FULL DOWN POS. ACFT WOULDNT CLIMB SO PLT RETRACTED FLAPS.HIT FENCE,BRUSH & TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4739J
- Reported as
- Beech A23-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sanibel Island
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