- Date
- November 25, 1981
- Place
- Westerly, RI · WESTERLY, RI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1856VCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811125079409A
- Case key
- 122584
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3523 81/11/25 WESTERLY,RI CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 40, TIME - 1300 N1856V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 329 TOTAL HOURS, 303 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTERLY STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTERLY,RI FISHERS ISLE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 37 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 40 17 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WND VRBL,GSTG 27KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1856V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westerly State
N1856VRegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2012 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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Other investigations on N1856V · 1
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