- Date
- August 9, 1970
- Place
- Greensboro, NC · GREENSBORO, NC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1726FCessna 172H
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107250
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3556 70/8/9 GREENSBORO,NC CESSNA 172H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 75, 6627 TIME - 1515 N1726F PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3320 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HOPEWELL,VA MARION,NC DANVILLE,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1726F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage