- Date
- November 8, 1969
- Place
- Baytown, TX · BAYTOWN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72759Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146852
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4683 69/11/8 BAYTOWN,TEX CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 233 TIME - 0805 N72759 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUMPHREY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONROE,TEX BAYTOWN,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS REMARKS- PLT LANDED ON RWY THAT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION BUT WAS NOT MARKED. GRND FOG IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72759
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Humphrey
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