- Date
- November 5, 1973
- Place
- Hull, IL · HULL, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N72391Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731105035619A
- Case key
- 188248
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3232 73/11/5 HULL,ILL CESSNA 140 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1745 N72391 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 52, 1759 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 6 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HULL,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- STRUCK PECAN TREE APRX 40FT AGL.TREE WAS ABT 50FT HI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72391
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hull
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.