- Date
- June 18, 1978
- Place
- Kaplan, LA · KAPLAN, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N737FHCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780618016199A
- Case key
- 141425
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1637 78/6/18 KAPLAN,LA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 225 TIME - 1530 N737FH PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 129 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOUNTON STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KAPLAN,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- 1100FT GRASS STRIP,30FT TREES AT END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737FH
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mounton Strip
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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.