- Date
- May 3, 1967
- Place
- Huron, SD · HURON, SD
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N298GBGrumman G-73
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117840
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0362 67/5/3 HURON,S DAK GRUMMAN G-73 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 5500 TIME - 0502 N298GB PX- 0 1 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - W.W.HAWES MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 18 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- PLT TOOK OFF WITH HEAVY ACCUMULATION OF FROST ON WINGS OF ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N298GB
- Reported as
- Grumman G-73
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- W.W.Hawes Muni
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