- Date
- July 31, 1969
- Place
- Spring City, TN · SPRING CITY, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4811UCessna 205
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166750
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3220 69/7/31 SPRING CITY,TENN CESSNA 205 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 526 TIME - 0930 N4811U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 84 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNOXVILLE,TENN SPRING CITY,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT SURVEYED FARM PASTURE BY AUTO,DID NOT DRIVE ENTIRE 2400FT LENGTH,FAILED TO NOTE DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4811U
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4811URegistered now · Cessna 210-5AAirframe modelCessna 210-5AEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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Other investigations on N4811U · 1
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