- Date
- May 23, 1966
- Place
- Johnson City, TN · JOHNSON CITY, TN
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8278ACessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172255
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1118 66/5/23 JOHNSON CITY TENN CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 182 TIME - 1755 N8278A PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8278A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Johnson City
N8278ARegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Cessna 170BAirframe modelCessna 170BEngine modelContinental C145 series
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