- Date
- August 24, 1979
- Place
- Topeka, KS · TOPEKA, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N800BCCessna 340A
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790824021619A
- Case key
- 135009
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1404 79/8/24 TOPEKA,KS CESSNA 340A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1527 TIME - 0712 N800BC PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILLIP BILLARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOPEKA,KS DENVER,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PLT STATED ELEV JAMMED.FLT CONTROLS & AUTO-PLT CHECKED GOOD.FLT CONT LOCK FOUND REMOVED & STOWED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N800BC
- Reported as
- Cessna 340A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Phillip Billard
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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.