- Date
- September 3, 1965
- Place
- Black Mountain, NC · BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N76173Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report December 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175912
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1115 65/9/3 NR.BLACK MOUNTAIN,NC CESSNA 120 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, UNK/NR TIME - UNK/NR N76173 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNOXVILLE,TENN CHARLOTTE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RCVRD 11/29/74.STRUCK MTN AT APRX 3800FT MSL IN WINGS LVL ATTITUDE.PHASE OF FLT UNKNOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76173
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N76173Registration cancelled Jun 23, 2008 · Cessna 120Airframe modelCessna 120Engine modelContinental C85 series
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