- Date
- October 11, 1970
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2539UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179994
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2952 70/10/11 SAN ANTONIO,TEX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 26, 182 TIME - 1525 N2539U PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STINSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANTONIO,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY REMARKS- PLTS 1ST FLT IN THIS ACFT.ACCELERATION WAS SLOW AND BRAKING POOR DUE WATER ON RWY.ABORT NOT NEC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2539U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stinson
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