- Date
- April 4, 1978
- Place
- Topeka, KS · TOPEKA, KS
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N42CCessna T337G
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780404006509A
- Case key
- 142636
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0522 78/4/4 TOPEKA,KS CESSNA T337G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 567 TIME - 1730 N42C PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 336 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BILLARD FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOPEKA,KS WICHITA,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- REAR ENG STARTER INOP PLT ATTEMPTED AIRSTART OF ENG ON SINGLE ENG TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42C
- Reported as
- Cessna T337G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Billard Field
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.