- Date
- February 9, 1976
- Place
- Kokomo, IN · KOKOMO, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4104FCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760209002219A
- Case key
- 152896
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0266 76/2/9 KOKOMO,IN CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 111 TIME - 1745 N4104F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 97 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KOKOMO MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PERU,IN KOKOMO,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 45 160 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 17 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- NOSE AND R MN GR LDG GR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4104F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kokomo Municipal
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4104F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.