- Date
- June 13, 1975
- Place
- Manhattan, KS · MANHATTAN, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8889LAmer Avco AA1-B
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750613013909A
- Case key
- 148988
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1179 75/6/13 MANHATTAN,KS AMER AVCO AA1-B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 642 TIME - 1404 N8889L PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 123 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLUE RIVER HILLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HORTON,KS RETURN MANHATTAN,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PLT LWRD 1/3 FLAP BFR TKOF.ACFT DID NOT BECOME AIRBORNE,TURNED OFF RWY TO AVOID RAVINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8889L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blue River Hills
FAA reports on this event · 1
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