- Date
- December 16, 1971
- Place
- Clay Center, KS · CLAY CENTER, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1248QCessna 150L
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117189
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3583 71/12/16 CLAY CENTER,KANS CESSNA 150L CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 15 TOTAL TIME - 1305 N1248Q PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLAY CENTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLAY CENTER,KANS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- PLT ABRTD TKOF DUE TO WND GUST,ACFT LEFT RWY,HIT DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1248Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clay Center
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