- Date
- August 30, 1969
- Place
- Cleveland, GA · CLEVELAND, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N77142Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 155893
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3876 69/8/30 CLEVELAND,GA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 123 TIME - 1530 N77142 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 91 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JONESBORO,GA CLEVELAND,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE REMARKS- FIRST HALF UNATTENDED FLD ROUGH,MADE GO-AROUND. PLT DIDNT DRAG FLD BEFORE HIS APCH. HIT WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77142
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- White County
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