- Date
- February 3, 1974
- Place
- Otis, CO · OTIS, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N72611Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740203002899A
- Case key
- 187255
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0044 74/2/3 OTIS,COLO CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 48, 230 TIME - 1000 N72611 PX- 0 0 1 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OTIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OTIS,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- SPOTTING COYOTES 10-15 FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72611
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Otis
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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.