- Date
- October 18, 1978
- Place
- Delray Beach, FL · DELRAY BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8472KStinson 108-1
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781018037189A
- Case key
- 138579
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4145 78/10/18 DELRAY BEACH,FL STINSON 108-1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 60, 5480 TIME - 1440 N8472K PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 220 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BASSO FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DELRAY BEACH,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8472K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Basso Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8472K · 1
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