- Date
- August 30, 1968
- Place
- Oakland, MS · OAKLAND, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N76997Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108927
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2838 68/8/30 OAKLAND,MISS CESSNA 140 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 48 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N76997 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- PLT WAS CIRCLING HIS MOTHERS HOUSE. STRUCK TREE DURING RECOVERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76997
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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