- Date
- March 5, 1972
- Place
- Hobart, IN · HOBART, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8444URobertson 172F
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165350
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0093 72/3/5 HOBART,IND ROBERTSON 172F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1715 N8444U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 40, 4407 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 36 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOBART SKYRANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VALPARAISO,IND HOBART,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FROZEN PLOWED FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8444U
- Reported as
- Robertson 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hobart Skyranch
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Other investigations on N8444U · 2
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