- Date
- June 18, 1966
- Place
- Jobstown, NJ · JOBSTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N86785Bellanca 14-13
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170858
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1775 66/6/18 JOBSTOWN NJ BELLANCA 14-13 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0535 N86785 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 26, 323 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 22 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REDWING TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY. FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 58 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DISORIENTED ON GRASS AIRFIELD WITH SOD RUNWAYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86785
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Redwing
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