- Date
- June 20, 1967
- Place
- Savannah Beach, GA · SAVANNAH BEACH, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1628YCessna 172C
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116201
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2105 67/6/20 SAVANNAH BEACH,GA CESSNA 172C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2400 TIME - 0530 N1628Y PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SANDY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- LANDED ON OCEAN BEACH TO CHECK LEFT MAG. HIT SOFT SPOT ON T/O RUN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1628Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1628YRegistration cancelled Jan 31, 2013 · Cessna 172CAirframe modelCessna 172CEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.