- Date
- October 30, 1969
- Place
- Crescent Beach, SC · CRESCENT BEACH, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7446XCessna 172B
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 153824
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4321 69/10/30 CRESCENT BEACH,SC CESSNA 172B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 1235 TIME - 2240 N7446X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1225 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MYRTLE BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKINGHAM,NC CRESCENT BEACH,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7446X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Myrtle Beach
N7446XRegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2017 · Cessna 172BAirframe modelCessna 172BEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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Other investigations on N7446X · 1
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