- Date
- February 28, 1971
- Place
- Pantego, NC · PANTEGO, NC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5899RCessna 172G
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160685
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0877 71/2/28 PANTEGO,NC CESSNA 172G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 306 TIME - 1445 N5899R PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVID PAUL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PANTEGO,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- OIL FILLER COVER CAME LOOSE. AFT DECIDING TO ABORT PLT DELAYED IN USE OF BRAKES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5899R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- David Paul
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Other investigations on N5899R · 1
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