- Date
- September 22, 1973
- Place
- Sanford, NC · SANFORD, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7077ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730922029809A
- Case key
- 188506
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2965 73/9/22 SANFORD,NC CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 48, TIME - 1600 N7077A PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 150 TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THOMAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANFORD,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT REMARKS- FLT EX WITH OTR PVT AND COMM PLTS.ACFT OBSVD AFTR TKOF ROCKING FM SIDE TO SIDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7077A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Thomas
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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.