# NTSB FTW67F0388: Cessna 140, N1722V, Lipan, TX, August 18, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 18, 1966
- Place: Lipan, TX · LIPAN, TX
- Location: 32.5187° N, 98.0471° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lipan, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5187&lon=-98.0471&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 10, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 121352
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW67F0388
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67F0388

## NTSB brief

```
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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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1722V), registered now, S/N 13907, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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