- Date
- January 16, 1966
- Place
- Baton Rouge, LA · BATON ROUGE, LA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8260XCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173329
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0029 66/1/16 BATON ROUGE LA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 81 TOTAL TIME - 1930 N8260X PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOWNTOWN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION ON UNLIGHTED AIRPORT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8260X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Downtown
N8260XRegistration cancelled Sep 24, 2007 · Cessna 172CAirframe modelCessna 172CEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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