- Date
- March 26, 1972
- Place
- Rhinebeck, NY · RHINEBECK, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7962LBeech A23A
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165639
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1028 72/3/26 RHINEBECK,NY BEECH A23A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 323 TIME - 1325 N7962L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLD RHINEBECK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RHINEBECK,NY TETERBORO,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF REMARKS- ACFT HIT SURFACE,LFT GR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7962L
- Reported as
- Beech A23A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Old Rhinebeck
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