Taylorcraft A N19877

28 August 1978 · Blakesburg, Iowa, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 28 August 1978 at about 08:30 local time, a Taylorcraft A registered N19877 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Blakesburg, Iowa, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 28 August 1978 at 08:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Blakesburg, Iowa, United States
Nearest airport: Antique Airfield
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Taylorcraft A
Registration: N19877
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2138

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT STATED ENG NOT WARMED UP SUFFICIENTLY BEFORETKOF.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2138, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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