- Date
- July 20, 1973
- Place
- Mt.Sterling, KY · MT.STERLING, KY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8901TCessna 182C
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730720022969A
- Case key
- 189353
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2180 73/7/20 MT.STERLING,KY CESSNA 182C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 349 TIME - 2100 N8901T PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT.STERLING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MT.STERLING,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- DESCND INTO TREES FOR UNDET REASON. PLT DIED 7/25/73.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8901T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mt.Sterling
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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