- Date
- December 27, 1971
- Place
- Cisco, TX · CISCO, TX
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8179UCessna 172F
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164386
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3729 71/12/27 CISCO,TEX CESSNA 172F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 75 TOTAL TIME - 1240 N8179U PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CISCO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CISCO,TEX TYLER,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE REMARKS- ABORTED DUE INSUFFICIENT SPEED.NO ENG MALFUNCTION FOUND.SWERVED OFF RWY TO AVOID FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8179U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cisco
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