- Date
- February 24, 1964
- Place
- Friendly, MD · FRIENDLY, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7973DBeechcraft B35
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185260
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0463 64/2/24 FRIENDLY MD BEECHCRAFT B35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 3000 TIME - 1400 N7973D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1100 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISC-UNKNOWN PERSON TAMPERED WITH AIRCRAFT. FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- TAMPERING RESULTED IN INSTABILITY IN AIR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7973D
- Reported as
- Beechcraft B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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