- Date
- December 3, 1966
- Place
- Lakeland, GA · LAKELAND, GA
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7752XCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120272
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3703 66/12/3 LAKELAND GA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 69 TOTAL TIME - 1715 N7752X PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- PILOT WAS AWARE OF WIRES BUT VISIBILITY WAS HAMPERED BY IMPENDING NIGHTFALL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7752X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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