- Date
- October 4, 1970
- Place
- Whitney, TX · WHITNEY, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3570VCessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160531
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1524 70/10/4 WHITNEY,TEX CESSNA 120 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 20, 500 TIME - 1545 N3570V PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE WHITNEY PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITNEY,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FLEW BY RELATIVES BOAT ABOUT 20 FT ABOVE LAKE. STALLED DURING STEEP PULL UP. ACFT SANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3570V
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lake Whitney Park
N3570VRegistration cancelled Jan 5, 2011 · Cessna 120Airframe modelCessna 120Engine modelContinental C85 series
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