- Date
- April 11, 1971
- Place
- Fort Valley, GA · FORT VALLEY, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N71716Cessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160949
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1282 71/4/11 FORT VALLEY,GA CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 460 TIME - 1530 N71716 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 243 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MACON,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PLT SAID HE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO GND CHECK AREA BUT DID NOT. FLAPS NOT RETRACTED DURG GO-AROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71716
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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