- Date
- May 22, 1965
- Place
- Cedar City, UT · CEDAR CITY, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3778SCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177764
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1047 65/5/22 CEDAR CITY UT CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 24 TOTAL TIME - 0930 N3778S PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 150 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 38 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 38 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3778S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cedar City
N3778SRegistration cancelled Apr 5, 2018 · Cessna 172EAirframe modelCessna 172EEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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Other investigations on N3778S · 1
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