- Date
- May 19, 1974
- Place
- Macomb, IL · MACOMB, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3157NCessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740519013179A
- Case key
- 186181
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1022 74/5/19 MACOMB,ILL CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 158 TIME - 0930 N3157N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACOMB CLUGSTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MACOMB,ILL CARBONDALE,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PLANNED LDG AT MACOMB MUNI.DRG TKOF AT CLUGSTON ACFT ROLLED INTO A POOL OF WATER ABT 4 IN DEEP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3157N
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Macomb Clugston
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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.