- Date
- September 4, 1965
- Place
- Prairie City, IA · PRAIRIE CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N140YWaco RNF
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175592
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2767 65/9/4 PRAIRIE CITY IOWA WACO RNF CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 2500 TIME - 1330 N140Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N140Y
- Reported as
- Waco RNF
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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