- Date
- March 14, 1979
- Place
- Grinnell, IA · GRINNELL, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N906BBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790314004729A
- Case key
- 137321
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0309 79/3/14 GRINNELL,IA BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 502 TIME - 1645 N906B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRINNELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRINNELL,IA MOLINE,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- WND GUSTING 30KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N906B
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grinnell
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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