- Date
- July 8, 1979
- Place
- Cedar Falls, IA · CEDAR FALLS, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N30444Cessna 177A
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790708015339A
- Case key
- 135161
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1550 79/7/8 CEDAR FALLS,IA CESSNA 177A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1520 TIME - 1500 N30444 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1205 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLUE BIRD AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CEDAR FALLS,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30444
- Reported as
- Cessna 177A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Blue Bird Airport
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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.