- Date
- August 10, 1966
- Place
- La Porte Cty, IA · LA PORTE CTY, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1999NCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121844
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3339 66/8/10 LA PORTE CTY IOWA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 35 TOTAL TIME - 0900 N1999N PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NICHOLS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- SOYBEANS PLANTED ADJACENT TO RUNWAY EDGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1999N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nichols
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