- Date
- August 13, 1977
- Place
- Beersheba Spgs, TN · BEERSHEBA SPGS, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4295FCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770813024799A
- Case key
- 146196
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1918 77/8/13 BEERSHEBA SPGS,TN CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 124 TIME - 1445 N4295F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEERSHEBA SPGS,TN MCMINNVILLE,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 91 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM PASTURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4295F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4295FRegistration cancelled Apr 7, 2017 · Cessna 172Airframe modelCessna 172Engine modelContinental 0-300 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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