# NTSB CHI66F0749: Cessna 175, N7088E, Bowling Green, OH, May 7, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: May 7, 1966
- Place: Bowling Green, OH · BOWLING GREEN, OH
- Location: 41.3791° N, 83.6479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bowling Green, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3791&lon=-83.6479&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 29, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172219
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66F0749
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66F0749

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1086   66/5/7    BOWLING GREEN OHI   CESSNA 175          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 45, 370
        TIME - 1530                    N7088E              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 124 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - UNIVERSITY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- TAKEOFF ATTEMPTED DOWNWIND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7088E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7088E-1966-09-17), registration cancelled 1966-09-17, S/N 56588 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Registry model: [Cessna 175A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (registry code 2072504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: University

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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