- Date
- July 2, 1968
- Place
- Mckinney, TX · MCKINNEY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72865Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109767
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1888 68/7/2 MCKINNEY,TEX CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 71 TOTAL TIME - 1945 N72865 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEED PATCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT DRAGGED FLD,HAD INSUFFICIENT SPEED AND ALT TO CLEAR WIRES AT END OF RNWY.WAS FORCED TO LAND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72865
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Weed Patch
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