- Date
- August 12, 1978
- Place
- Plainville, KS · PLAINVILLE, KS
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2319YCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780812028559A
- Case key
- 140136
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2483 78/8/12 PLAINVILLE,KS CESSNA 177 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 68 TOTAL TIME - 1535 N2319Y PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLAINVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAINVILLE,KS MCCOOK,NE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 100 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DENSITY ALTITUDE 5300FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2319Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Plainville
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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.
Other investigations on N2319Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.