- Date
- May 5, 1965
- Place
- Knoxville, TN · KNOXVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2388NCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178282
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0787 65/5/5 KNOXVILLE TENN CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 12 TOTAL TIME - 1755 N2388N PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COX SKY RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- A/C COLLIDED WITH BUSHES, CAME TO REST IN LAGOON
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2388N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cox Sky Ranch
N2388NRegistration cancelled Dec 31, 2022 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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