DEN68D0020

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 170 · Mountainair, NM · June 17, 1967

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
June 17, 1967
Place
Mountainair, NM · MOUNTAINAIR, NM
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N5724CCessna 170
Status
Completed · report September 26, 1967
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
116169

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2075  67/6/17    MOUNTAINAIR,N MEX   CESSNA 170          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 403
        TIME - 1828                    N5724C              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 340 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MOUNTAINAIR
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY
        REMARKS- SOFT AND SANDY RUNWAY. TAIL WIND 20 KNOTS.

Aircraft

Registration
N5724C
Reported as
Cessna 170
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Mountainair

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