- Date
- May 18, 1975
- Place
- Tullahoma, TN · TULLAHOMA, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N13224Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750518021379A
- Case key
- 148728
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1574 75/5/18 TULLAHOMA,TN CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 300 TIME - 0500 N13224 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLIAM NORTHERN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TULLAHOMA,TN INDIANAPOLIS,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG CALM WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 0 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS NONE REMARKS- WITNESS AT ARPT DESCRIBED FOG SO DENSE HE COULD NOT SEE THE RUNWAY FROM THE HANGER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13224
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- William Northern
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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.