- Date
- July 17, 1981
- Place
- Dahlonega, GA · DAHLONEGA, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72966Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810717053119A
- Case key
- 124976
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1618 81/7/17 DAHLONEGA,GA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 47 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N72966 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUMPKIN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAHLONEGA,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72966
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lumpkin County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.