- Date
- April 12, 1969
- Place
- West Paducah, KY · WEST PADUCAH, KY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N72616Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 188894
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1043 69/4/12 WEST PADUCAH,KY CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 116 TIME - 1215 N72616 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- FARM FIELD APRXLY 1200 FT LONG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72616
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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