- Date
- December 26, 1966
- Place
- Long Beach, NC · LONG BEACH, NC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8062BCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119801
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3966 66/12/26 LONG BEACH NC CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 600 TIME - 1645 N8062B PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 360 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- PILOT LANDED ON BEACH.NOSE WHEEL SANK INTO SOFT AREA IN SAND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8062B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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