- Date
- May 23, 1967
- Place
- Pisgah, AL · PISGAH, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N76885Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116444
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1672 67/5/23 PISGAH, ALA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 138 TIME - 1645 N76885 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: OTHER NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- PLT WAS CHECKING ADEQUACY OF FIELD FOR TAKEOFF. EARLIER PRECAUTIONARY LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76885
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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