- Date
- February 3, 1968
- Place
- Greensboro, NC · GREENSBORO, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N72667Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112003
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0511 68/2/3 GREENSBORO,NC CESSNA 140 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 500 TIME - 1515 N72667 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELL ORCHARD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- LOW-PASS DOWNWIND 10-15K,TO SHOUT TO FRIENDS.PLT MADE SHARP-STEEP TURN DUE TO TREES ON FLT COURSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72667
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bell Orchard
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