- Date
- August 30, 1975
- Place
- N Sioux City, SD · N SIOUX CITY, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N29974Waco UPF-7
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750830028459A
- Case key
- 150866
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2731 75/8/30 N SIOUX CITY,SD WACO UPF-7 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1545 N29974 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 34, 7418 TOTAL HOURS, 2 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAHAM FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SIOUX CITY,IA RETURN NORTH SIOUX CITY,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT RAISED THE TAIL OF THE ACFT TOO RAPIDLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29974
- Reported as
- Waco UPF-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Graham Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N29974 · 1
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