- Date
- September 3, 1966
- Place
- Roswell, NM · ROSWELL, NM
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4398LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121083
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2455 66/9/3 ROSWELL N MEX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 80 TOTAL TIME - 0936 N4398L PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSWELL MUNICIPAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- PASSENGERS INCLUDED TWO CHILDREN. LEFT WING STRUCK WOODEN BUILDING LOCATED ADJACENT TO RAMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4398L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Roswell Municipal
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