- Date
- April 7, 1977
- Place
- Kirwin, KS · KIRWIN, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N89560Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770407007139A
- Case key
- 157595
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0553 77/4/7 KIRWIN,KS CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 83 TOTAL TIME - 1900 N89560 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BURIAN PVT STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KIRWIN,KS PHILLIPSBURG,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT RPRTD ACFT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ACCELERATING PROPERLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89560
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Burian Pvt Strip
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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.