- Date
- November 14, 1965
- Place
- Mullen, NE · MULLEN, NE
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7280MCessna 175
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174830
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3600 65/11/14 MULLEN NEBR CESSNA 175 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 1000 TIME - 1500 N7280M PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MULLEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 8000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 47 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 27 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM A RUNWAY WHICH WAS UNSUITABLE UNDER THE EXISTING CONDITIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7280M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mullen
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