- Date
- May 18, 1966
- Place
- Mendota, CA · MENDOTA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2586FChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172247
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1111 66/5/18 MENDOTA CALIF CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 3500 TIME - 1700 N2586F PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1428 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- TAKEOFF ATTEMPTED ON COTTON FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2586F
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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