- Date
- November 14, 1976
- Place
- Forest City, IA · FOREST CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N388RCessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761114035489A
- Case key
- 156314
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3543 76/11/14 FOREST CITY,IA CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1257 N388R PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 53, 800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 12 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FOREST CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FOREST CITY,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) DUAL STUDENT - CONTROL INTERFERENCE REMARKS- IP ON CTLS DRG ABORT,STUDENT ON THE BRAKES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N388R
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Forest City
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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.