- Date
- March 24, 1978
- Place
- Yuma, AZ · YUMA, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4068VCessna 170
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780324004569A
- Case key
- 142602
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0468 78/3/24 YUMA,AZ CESSNA 170 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1015 N4068V PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 32, 3815 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 38 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YUMA AUX.NO.4 DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YUMA,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4068V
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yuma Aux.No.4
N4068VRegistration cancelled May 2, 2002 · Cessna 170Airframe modelCessna 170Engine modelContinental C145 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 N4068V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.