- Date
- October 24, 1974
- Place
- Hazelgreen, WV · HAZELGREEN, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7242ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741024037739A
- Case key
- 144500
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3951 74/10/24 HAZELGREEN,W VA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 84 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N7242A PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AKRON,OHIO PARKERSBURG,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7242A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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