- Date
- October 8, 1975
- Place
- Phillipsburg, KS · PHILLIPSBURG, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8727Great Lakes S-BABY
- Status
- Completed · report November 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751008031989A
- Case key
- 150746
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2898 75/10/8 PHILLIPSBURG,KS GREAT LAKES S-BABY CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 3850 TIME - 1900 N8727 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILLIPSBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILLIPSBURG,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF REMARKS- STRUCK RNWY MARKER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8727
- Reported as
- Great Lakes S-BABY
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Phillipsburg
N8727Registered now · Shindler SPECIAL GREAT LAKESAirframe modelShindler SPECIAL GREAT LAKESEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8727 · 1
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