FTW67F0388

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 140 · Lipan, TX · August 18, 1966

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
August 18, 1966
Place
Lipan, TX · LIPAN, TX
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N1722VCessna 140
Status
Completed · report April 10, 1967
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
121352

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4176  66/8/18    LIPAN TEX           CESSNA 140          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 46, 78 TOTAL
        TIME - 0845                    N1722V              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        REMARKS- PILOT ABORTED LANDING WHEN HE OBSERVED ROUGH UNEVEN TERRAIN WAS UNSATISFACTORY FOR A LANDING.

Aircraft

Registration
N1722V
Reported as
Cessna 140
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.