- Date
- July 24, 1971
- Place
- Steubenville, OH · STEUBENVILLE, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6812ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162443
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2600 71/7/24 STEUBENVILLE,OHIO CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 140 TIME - 1525 N6812A PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 82 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STEUBENVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WABASH,IND PITTSBURGH,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LOW ON FUEL ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- ENCNTRD ADV WX,CIRCLED TIL LOW ON FUEL,ACFT HIT BUSH AND DIRT BNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6812A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Steubenville
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