- Date
- October 23, 1970
- Place
- Marietta, GA · MARIETTA, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N89865Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171479
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2035 70/10/23 MARIETTA,GA CESSNA 120 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 40, 83 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N89865 PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PARKAIRE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARIETTA,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- R TK 3QTS FUEL,L TK 7GALS.FUEL SLCTR ON R TK.ATMTD TURN BACK TO ARPT.UNKN WHICH PLT FLYING ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89865
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Parkaire
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