- Date
- July 6, 1974
- Place
- Symsonia, KY · SYMSONIA, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N73052Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740706023059A
- Case key
- 130286
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2103 74/7/6 NR.SYMSONIA,KY CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 87 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N73052 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SPRINGFIELD,TENN RETURN SYMSONIA,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SUPERVISED SOLO.LNDD,TKOF FROM FARM PASTURE,GRASS 8IN HIGH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73052
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.