- Date
- July 18, 1972
- Place
- Coffeen, IL · COFFEEN, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N89666Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167499
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2495 72/7/18 COFFEEN,ILL CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 118 TIME - 1415 N89666 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBUS IND SPRINGFIELD ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 93 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FLD MARGINAL FOR TKOF. PLT HAD LNDD DUE WX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89666
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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