- Date
- July 20, 1980
- Place
- Turner, MT · TURNER, MT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N739KLCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800720029009A
- Case key
- 129927
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1324 80/7/20 NR.TURNER,MT CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 158 TIME - 1330 N739KL PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 101 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TURNER,MT CHINOCK,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE CALM TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 75 CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- HIT METER POLE AT END OF 2000FT STRIP.ELEV 3050FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739KL
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Strip
N739KLRegistration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Cessna 172NAirframe modelCessna 172NEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.