- Date
- May 7, 1969
- Place
- Medford, NJ · MEDFORD, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1243NCurtiss-Wrt C-46
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171405
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2542 69/5/7 MEDFORD,NJ CURTISS-WRT C-46 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1247 N1243N PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 38, 3137 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING W RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEDFORD,NJ ALLENTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PREMATURE T/O TO AVOID ACFT TIEDOWN AREA AFTER LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CTL. TAILWHEEL IN UNLOCKED POS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1243N
- Reported as
- Curtiss-Wrt C-46
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Flying W Ranch
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Other investigations on N1243N · 2
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