- Date
- May 4, 1965
- Place
- Vieques Is, PR · VIEQUES IS, PR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5408TCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177692
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0950 65/5/4 VIEQUES IS PR CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 515 TIME - 2115 N5408T PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 380 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOSQUITO FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- EMERGENCY FLIGHT TO DELIVER EMERGENCY SURGICAL PATIENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5408T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mosquito Field
N5408TRegistration cancelled Jan 30, 2013 · Cessna 172EAirframe modelCessna 172EEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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