- Date
- March 17, 1965
- Place
- Cleveland, OH · CLEVELAND, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5557TCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179516
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0515 65/3/17 CLEVELAND OHIO CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 11500 TIME - 1325 N5557T PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOPKINS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 3800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 28 130 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 43 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 43 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5557T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hopkins
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