- Date
- September 1, 1968
- Place
- Congo Twn, Burkina Faso · CONGO TWN, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5777TCessna 172E
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107208
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0029 68/9/1 CONGO TWN,BAHAMAS CESSNA 172E CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 0900 N5777T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 41, 416 TOTAL HOURS, 352 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CONGO TOWN STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF BAHAMAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5777T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Congo Town Strip
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