- Date
- November 17, 1973
- Place
- Wiggins, CO · WIGGINS, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3754VCessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731117038629A
- Case key
- 188068
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3407 73/11/17 WIGGINS,COLO CESSNA 120 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 298 TIME - 1530 N3754V PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 106 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPRAY STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WIGGINS,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- DEP STRIP,OBS AT LOW ALT.CLRD PWR LINES,DOVE NR GRND & ENTERED STEEP CLIMB TO ABT 500 FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3754V
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Spray Strip
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.