- Date
- June 26, 1973
- Place
- Orovada, NV · OROVADA, NV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2794BAero Comdr 560-A
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730626021559A
- Case key
- 190088
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1889 73/6/26 OROVADA,NEV AERO COMDR 560-A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1130 N2794B PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG 27, 3608 TOTAL HOURS, 72 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIO KING RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OROVADA,NEV RENO,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: OTHER PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 82 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- 1ST HALF OF RWY HEAVY GRAVEL,2ND HALF ROUGH HARD PAN STREWN WITH WEEDS & HAY.AIM STATED HARD SURFC
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2794B
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 560-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rio King Ranch
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2794B · 1
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