- Date
- July 8, 1973
- Place
- Spearfish, SD · SPEARFISH, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5283GCessna 305A
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730708019859A
- Case key
- 189711
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1776 73/7/8 SPEARFISH,S DAK CESSNA 305A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 476 TIME - 1330 N5283G PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLACK HILLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPEARFISH,S DAK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- ACFT SKIPPED TO L SIDE OF RWY STRUCK A DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5283G
- Reported as
- Cessna 305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Black Hills
N5283GRegistration cancelled Apr 8, 2013 · Cessna 305AAirframe modelCessna 305AEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5283G · 2
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