- Date
- September 20, 1972
- Place
- Lexington, KY · LEXINGTON, KY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3357FCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168091
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2624 72/9/20 LEXINGTON,KY CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 89 TOTAL TIME - 0833 N3357F PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLUE GRASS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIMA ALLEN COUNTY LEXINGTON,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREMATURE FLAP RETRACTION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- VECTORED TO RWY 4.APCHED RWY 8. WHEN CLRD TO LND ON RWY 8 PULLED UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3357F
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blue Grass Field
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