- Date
- July 2, 1966
- Place
- Mackay, ID · MACKAY, ID
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N41878Bellanca 14-13
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171576
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0493 66/7/2 MACKAY ID BELLANCA 14-13 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 1000 TIME - 1545 N41878 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACKAY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WINDS GUSTING 34-40 KTS AT TAKEOFF.PILOT DELAYED TAKEOFF APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR DUE LOCAL WEATHER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41878
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mackay
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