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| Date: | Saturday 1 July 1995 |
| Time: | 16:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 337G |
| Owner/operator: | New Horizons Interprises Inc. |
| Registration: | N72168 |
| MSN: | 33701532 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brant, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Louisville, KY | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF, '...PILOT SNEEZED. AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP [AND] ROTATED PREMATURELY....' THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. DURING THE ABORTED TAKEOFF, THE AIRPLANE OVERRAN THE MOWED PORTION OF THE GRASS STRIP AND COLLIDED WITH A UTILITY POLE AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE STRIP. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED NO ANOMALIES WITH THE ENGINE OR AIRFRAME.
Probable Cause: the pilot's improper decision to takeoff with a tailwind condition on an unimproved grass strip and a subsequent premature rotation resulting in an aborted takeoff and a subsequent collision with a utility pole on the departure end of the grass strip.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC95LA139
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Mar-2024 17:41 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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