- Date
- October 5, 1969
- Place
- Clewiston, FL · CLEWISTON, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3486TCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158569
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2663 69/10/5 CLEWISTON,FLA CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1614 TIME - 1115 N3486T PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLEWISTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEWISTON,FLA MIAMI,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3486T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Clewiston
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