- Date
- May 11, 1978
- Place
- Keokuk, IA · KEOKUK, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N44NCCessna 402B
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780511009899A
- Case key
- 142293
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0824 78/5/11 KEOKUK,IA CESSNA 402B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2130 N44NC PX- 0 0 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 33, 5870 TOTAL HOURS, 500 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KEOKUK MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEOKUK,IA FT MADISON,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 60 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44NC
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Keokuk Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N44NC · 1
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