ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 355026
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Date: | Monday 17 November 1997 |
Time: | 19:00 LT |
Type: | Cessna 150 |
Owner/operator: | Wings, Inc. |
Registration: | N50579 |
MSN: | 15069410 |
Total airframe hrs: | 7001 hours |
Engine model: | Continental O-200-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Plymouth, IN -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | (KMCX) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The pilot began taking off from a cut soybean field that was covered with about 3 inches of snow. He said the airplane encountered a left, front, quartering crosswind during the takeoff. Shortly after lift off, the airplane banked to the right. The pilot said he did not use 10 degrees of flaps for takeoff as the manufacturer recommended in the pilot operating handbook for the accident airplane. During the right bank, the airplane's right wingtip contacted the field's surface. According to the pilot, the airplane cartwheeled after that.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the crosswind, soft field takeoff. Factors in this accident were the pilot not following the airplane manufacturer's recommended takeoff procedures by lowering the flaps, and the crosswind.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI98LA038 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI98LA038
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