- Date
- May 29, 1964
- Place
- Mercury, NV · MERCURY, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2454DCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183756
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1461 64/5/29 MERCURY NEV CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 24 TOTAL TIME - 1615 N2454D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DESERT ROCK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 22 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2454D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Desert Rock
N2454DRegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2012 · Cessna 170BAirframe modelCessna 170BEngine modelContinental C145 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.