- Date
- August 14, 1968
- Place
- Grass Creek, WY · GRASS CREEK, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5686CCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109079
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2149 68/8/14 GRASS CREEK,WYO CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 72 TOTAL TIME - 0615 N5686C PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAW MILL STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5686C
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Saw Mill Strip
N5686CRegistration cancelled Feb 15, 2018 · Cessna 140AAirframe modelCessna 140AEngine modelContinental C90 series
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