- Date
- April 13, 1978
- Place
- Forrest City, AR · FORREST CITY, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20275Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780413007479A
- Case key
- 142673
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0583 78/4/13 FORREST CITY,AR CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N20275 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 26, 600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 50 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BREWINGTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITTLE ROCK,AR FORREST CITY,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 75 90 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 20KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20275
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brewington
N20275Registration cancelled Feb 28, 2017 · Cessna 172MAirframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N20275 · 1
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