- Date
- September 30, 1979
- Place
- Horsebranch, KY · HORSEBRANCH, KY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3423CCessna 170
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790930040919A
- Case key
- 133111
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3305 79/9/30 HORSEBRANCH,KY CESSNA 170 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 800 TIME - 1817 N3423C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FLINT,MI FALLS OF ROUGH,KY HARRISON,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- COLLIDED W ELEC TRANSMISSION SUPPORT CABLE,CRASH SITE LOCATE BEYOND DESTN & RGT OF COURSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3423C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.