- Date
- February 26, 1978
- Place
- Rochester, MN · ROCHESTER, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N40UBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780226010779A
- Case key
- 143393
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1201 78/2/26 ROCHESTER,MN BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 517 TIME - 1806 N40U PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 82 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCHESTER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCHESTER,MN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH WEATHER ANEMOMETER ON AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40U
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rochester Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N40U · 1
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