- Date
- November 28, 1971
- Place
- Erie, CO · ERIE, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7909XCessna 172B
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164370
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3694 71/11/28 ERIE,COLO CESSNA 172B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 284 TIME - 1020 N7909X PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WIGGETT FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ERIE,COLO FT.LUPTON,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- FROST ON SOD RWY,SLID INTO DITCH.PLT HAD BEEN USING STRIP ABT 2MOS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7909X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wiggett Farm
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