- Date
- October 30, 1975
- Place
- Leoti, KS · LEOTI, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9380RCessna 188
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751030035559A
- Case key
- 151126
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3160 75/10/30 LEOTI,KS CESSNA 188 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 4000 TIME - 1630 N9380R PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 1600 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LINDBERG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEOTI,KS BRUNSWICK,NE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 60 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DRG TKOF R WING BECAME AIRBORNE,L WING SCRAPED RWY.WIND GUSTING 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9380R
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lindberg
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.