- Date
- August 21, 1971
- Place
- Calamus, IA · CALAMUS, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4738XCessna 150G
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162693
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3083 71/8/21 CALAMUS,IOWA CESSNA 150G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 304 TIME - 1330 N4738X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PVT STRIP DEPARTURE POINT CALAMUS,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS REMARKS- TKOF FM SHORT FARM STRIP,30DEG FLAP,HIT WIRES CRASH LNDD ON ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4738X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pvt Strip
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Other investigations on N4738X · 1
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