- Date
- October 16, 1966
- Place
- Thedford, NE · THEDFORD, NE
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2551VCessna 170
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120362
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3728 66/10/16 NR.THEDFORD NEBR CESSNA 170 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1550 TIME - 1750 N2551V PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM SHORT ROLLING ALFALFA FIELD WITH UPSLOPE GRADE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2551V
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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