- Date
- September 9, 1970
- Place
- Quinlan, TX · QUINLAN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6404ECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 145086
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3765 70/9/9 QUINLAN,TEX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 296 TIME - 1830 N6404E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 217 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUINLAN,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- TKOF AREA APRX 568FT USEABLE,ROUGH.50FT TREES LCTD W END,40FT PWR LINES E END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6404E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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