- Date
- June 3, 1974
- Place
- Sleepy Eye, MN · SLEEPY EYE, MN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3560RBeech A23
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740603024099A
- Case key
- 130288
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2105 74/6/3 SLEEPY EYE,MINN BEECH A23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 216 TIME - 1320 N3560R PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE AIRSTRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SLEEPY EYE,MINN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- HIT 5FT HIGH PILE OF DIRT AT END OF RWY.HIGHER OBSTRUCTIONS OTHER END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3560R
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Airstrip
N3560RRegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2024 · Beech A23Airframe modelBeech A23Engine modelContinental IO-346 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3560R · 2
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