- Date
- July 11, 1978
- Place
- Leitchfield, KY · LEITCHFIELD, KY
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1778XCessna 210L
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780711019769A
- Case key
- 140857
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2786 78/7/11 LEITCHFIELD,KY CESSNA 210L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE TIME - 1500 N1778X PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAYSON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LEXINGTON,KY ROUGH RIVER,KY LEITCHFIELD,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PILOT UNDER INFLUENCE OF DRUGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1778X
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grayson County
N1778XRegistration cancelled Jul 7, 2016 · Cessna 210LAirframe modelCessna 210LEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.
Other investigations on N1778X · 1
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