- Date
- August 30, 1971
- Place
- Greenville, OH · GREENVILLE, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N89163Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163406
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3167 71/8/30 GREENVILLE,OHIO CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 106 TIME - 1635 N89163 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSONVILLE,ILL WINCHESTER,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT COULD NOT LOCATE ARPT DUE TO SMK AND HAZE,EXHSTD FUEL,NSD OVER ON SOFT GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89163
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greenville
N89163Registration cancelled Sep 27, 2017 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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