- Date
- January 20, 1968
- Place
- Milo, ME · MILO, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N89261Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112292
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0144 68/1/20 MILO,ME CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 510 TIME - 1500 N89261 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 113 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KROEMER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 25 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SKI EQUIPPED ATTEMPTED T/O CROSSWIND,15KTS WITH GUSTS,BETWEEN SNOWDRIFTS. SNOW WAS SOFT AND DEEP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89261
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kroemer
N89261Registration cancelled Nov 15, 2012 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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