- Date
- December 12, 1968
- Place
- Oklahoma Cty, OK · OKLAHOMA CTY, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N78622Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191790
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4352 68/12/12 OKLAHOMA CTY,OKLA CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1445 N78622 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 40, 1680 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 230 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILL ROGERS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND 30K GUSTING TO 42K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78622
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Will Rogers
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