- Date
- June 27, 1974
- Place
- Altheimer, AR · ALTHEIMER, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1769VCessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740627017929A
- Case key
- 125871
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1612 74/6/27 ALTHEIMER,ARK CESSNA 120 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 320 TIME - 1935 N1769V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 108 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PINE BLUFF,ARK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT TREE IN PLTS OWN FRONT YARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1769V
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1769V · 1
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