- Date
- June 30, 1968
- Place
- Palatka, FL · PALATKA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2758LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109822
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1938 68/6/30 PALATKA,FLA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 75 TOTAL TIME - 1030 N2758L PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST.JOHNS HARBOR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT RAISED FLAPS. ACFT SETTLED IN TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2758L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- St.Johns Harbor
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