- Date
- August 2, 1965
- Place
- Crofton, NE · CROFTON, NE
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8798MBeechcraft A-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177043
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2051 65/8/2 CROFTON NEBR BEECHCRAFT A-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 613 TIME - 2000 N8798M PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THOMPSON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- PRIVATE AIRSTRIP WITH HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8798M
- Reported as
- Beechcraft A-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Thompson
N8798MRegistration cancelled May 20, 2015 · Beech A23Airframe modelBeech A23Engine modelContinental IO-346 series
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