- Date
- May 13, 1979
- Place
- Poston, AZ · POSTON, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N72963Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790513012169A
- Case key
- 135377
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1898 79/5/13 POSTON,AZ CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N72963 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 32, 1825 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 25 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUBLE J FARMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLYTHE,CA POSTON,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: FROM LANDING COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WNDS GUSTING 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72963
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Double J Farms
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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.