- Date
- September 26, 1977
- Place
- Hastings, MN · HASTINGS, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8004ACessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770926034349A
- Case key
- 144237
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4215 77/9/26 HASTINGS,MN CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 185 TIME - 1800 N8004A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUCKEN FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HASTINGS,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- STRUCK GOPHER MOUND ON SIDE OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8004A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lucken Farm
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8004A · 1
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