- Date
- April 22, 1972
- Place
- Oberlin, OH · OBERLIN, OH
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4831UCessna 205A
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166256
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1545 72/4/22 OBERLIN,OHIO CESSNA 205A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 1300 TIME - 1915 N4831U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OBERLIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL CLEVELAND,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- ACFT HIT SOFT SPOT IN A PASTURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4831U
- Reported as
- Cessna 205A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oberlin
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