- Date
- September 17, 1981
- Place
- Tampa, FL · TAMPA, FL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7969QCessna 401B
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810917065959A
- Case key
- 123823
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2171 81/9/17 TAMPA,FL CESSNA 401B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 8150 TIME - 0940 N7969Q PX- 0 0 4 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VANDERBERG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAMPA,FL GREENVILLE SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY REMARKS- ACFT DONATED FOR TRANSPORTING INJURED PAX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7969Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 401B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vanderberg
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.