- Date
- May 25, 1976
- Place
- Bald Knob, AR · BALD KNOB, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N19870Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760525014259A
- Case key
- 153979
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1435 76/5/25 BALD KNOB,AR CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 62 TOTAL TIME - 2000 N19870 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BALD KNOB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWPORT,AR BALD KNOB,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- LND IN TALL HAY FLD. ATTMPTD GO ARND,THEN ABORTED. HIT FENCE & TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19870
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bald Knob
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.