- Date
- May 11, 1969
- Place
- Rutherfordton, NC · RUTHERFORDTON, NC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7465ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186692
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1090 69/5/11 RUTHERFORDTON,NC CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 350 TIME - 1300 N7465A PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILKIE STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- WIND 13K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7465A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wilkie Strip
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