- Date
- May 20, 1972
- Place
- Paola, KS · PAOLA, KS
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8643EBeech C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167113
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1785 72/5/20 PAOLA,KANS BEECH C-45H CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1700 N8643E PX- 0 0 9 PARAJUMP-SPORT UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAOLA-OSAWATOMIE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PAOLA,KANS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT SETTLED BACK ONTO RWY,PLT RETARDED ONLY ONE ENG.ACFT SLID DWN RWY.DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8643E
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Paola-Osawatomie
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