- Date
- April 15, 1976
- Place
- Cedar Lake, MI · CEDAR LAKE, MI
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N63315Dehavilland DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760415011959A
- Case key
- 201323
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0994 76/4/15 CEDAR LAKE,MI DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1626 N63315 PX- 0 0 6 DEMONSTRATION AGE 43, 9015 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 250 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CEDAR LAKE,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- WING HIT BUSHES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63315
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cedar Lake
FAA reports on this event · 1
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