- Date
- March 9, 1978
- Place
- Idalia, CO · IDALIA, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3187BCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780309002809A
- Case key
- 143722
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0228 78/3/9 IDALIA,CO CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0900 N3187B PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 34, 582 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 5 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEN PVT STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IDALIA,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- POWERLINE AT DEPARTURE END OF RWY,ATTMTD TO PASS UNDER IT,HIT ROAD DMGD WHEEL PANTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3187B
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allen Pvt 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.