Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 24 FEB 1966 |
| Time: | 13:57 |
| Type: | Hawker Siddeley DH-125-1A |
| Operator: | Kewitt Construction Company |
| Registration: | N1135K |
| C/n / msn: | 25019 |
| First flight: | 1965-01-24 (1 year 1 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Des Moines Airport, IA (DSM) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Des Moines Airport, IA (DSM/KDSM), United States of America |
| Omaha-Eppley Airfield, NE (OMA/KOMA), United States of America |
Takeoff was attempted with the gust locks still engaged. The takeoff was aborted, but the plane overran runway 23 and crossed a ditch and went into a ploughed field.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
pilot in command - delayed action in aborting takeoff
FACTOR:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - gust locks engaged Events:
Sources:
» NTSB
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Des Moines Airport, IA to Omaha-Eppley Airfield, NE as the crow flies is 186 km (117 miles).
Distance from Des Moines Airport, IA to Omaha-Eppley Airfield, NE as the crow flies is 186 km (117 miles).
