- Date
- February 4, 1969
- Place
- Dalton, GA · DALTON, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5871RCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191467
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0003 69/2/4 DALTON,GA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 592 TIME - 1605 N5871R PX- 2 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 583 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DALTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ANIMAL FOOD DROP MISSION NEAR TREETOP LEVEL.BOTH PAXS DROWNED.CRASHED INVERTED IN FLOOD WATERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5871R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dalton
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