- Date
- June 25, 1978
- Place
- Gravois Mills, MO · GRAVOIS MILLS, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9589CN American SNJ-4
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780625026659A
- Case key
- 140675
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2163 78/6/25 GRAVOIS MILLS,MO N AMERICAN SNJ-4 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 1000 TIME - 1120 N9589C PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WULFF HARBOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAVOIS MILLS,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9589C
- Reported as
- N American SNJ-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wulff Harbor
N9589CRegistered now · North American SNJ-4Airframe modelNorth American SNJ-4Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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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.