- Date
- April 25, 1970
- Place
- Wheelock, TX · WHEELOCK, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7486ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130215
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1901 70/4/25 WHEELOCK,TEX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 1268 TIME - 1000 N7486A PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TEX CORPUS CHRISTI,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PASSENGER REMARKS- AREA SUITABLE FOR LDG,NOT SUITABLE FOR TKOF WITH SAME LOAD ON BOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7486A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7486ARegistration cancelled Apr 6, 2018 · Cessna 172Airframe modelCessna 172Engine modelContinental 0-300 series
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Other investigations on N7486A · 1
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