- Date
- July 25, 1970
- Place
- Vega Baja, PR · VEGA BAJA, PR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2160YCessna 172D
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107791
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4412 70/7/25 VEGA BAJA,PR CESSNA 172D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 4835 TIME - 1430 N2160Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1100 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TORTUGUERO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VEGA BAJA,PR DORADO,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- TKOF FROM TAXIWAY,L WING HIT BUSHES,TREES ACFT VEERED L THEN DSCNDD TO GRND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2160Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tortuguero
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