- Date
- October 20, 1968
- Place
- Bridgeport, WV · BRIDGEPORT, WV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2008YCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107485
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3965 68/10/20 BRIDGEPORT,W VA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2024 N2008Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 32, 1470 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 520 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BENEDUM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LANDED ON ROAD SHORT OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2008Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Benedum
N2008YRegistration cancelled Apr 18, 2018 · Cessna 172CAirframe modelCessna 172CEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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