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FTW70F0144

1969-08-06 · LOCKPORT, Louisiana, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N1711S has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (SOCATA TB20), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
AERO COMDR S-2D · N1711S
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CB

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
135° / 4 kt
Temp
80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000600-1341D

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
12,000
Age
41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CONTINUE FLT,SETTLED INTO CANE FIELD.

Investigator remarks

ACFT STRUCK SMALL DIP IN RWY BECAME AIRBORNE,UN

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/81 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/A/F A
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3462. Source file NTSB_1969_3_3462.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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