- Date
- October 16, 1974
- Place
- Casa Grande, AZ · CASA GRANDE, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4509CCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741016035969A
- Case key
- 141009
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3349 74/10/16 CASA GRANDE,ARIZ CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1700 TIME - 1730 N4509C PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 280 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CASA GRANDE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEORIA,ARIZ CASA GRANDE,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED HELICOPTER WAKE TURBC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4509C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Casa Grande Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4509C · 1
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