- Date
- August 11, 1970
- Place
- Hardy, IA · HARDY, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7779VAero Comdr A-9B
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110215
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3154 70/8/11 HARDY,IOWA AERO COMDR A-9B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 340 TIME - 1100 N7779V PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROCK RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARDY,IOWA BROCK RANCH,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- FIXED BASE OPERATOR PRACTISING AG WORK WITH WATER IN SPRAY TANKS.FLD COVERED WITH TALL GRASS. CALM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7779V
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr A-9B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brock Ranch
N7779VRegistration cancelled Dec 12, 1973 · Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9BAirframe modelAero Commander CALLAIR A-9B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.