- Date
- October 20, 1980
- Place
- Sunbury, OH · SUNBURY, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76731Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801020057779A
- Case key
- 128922
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2480 80/10/20 SUNBURY,OH CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 233 TIME - 1500 N76731 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 123 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NARION,OH SUNBURY,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- LANDED IN SOYBEAN FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76731
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N76731 · 1
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