- Date
- March 7, 1974
- Place
- Dover, DE · DOVER, DE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72757Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740307004799A
- Case key
- 186590
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0562 74/3/7 DOVER,DEL CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 104 TIME - 1730 N72757 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHANDELLE ESTATES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOVER,DEL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72757
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chandelle Estates
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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.