- Date
- February 24, 1970
- Place
- St.Augustine, FL · ST.AUGUSTINE, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7780TCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136652
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0996 70/2/24 ST.AUGUSTINE,FLA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 749 TIME - 0955 N7780T PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARASOTA,FLA ST.AUGUSTINE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- PLT LND IN FLD OF INSUFFICIENT LENGTH DUE TREES. MIXT CTL SET TOO LEAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7780T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7780TRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Cessna 172AAirframe modelCessna 172AEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.