- Date
- September 10, 1970
- Place
- Savannah, TN · SAVANNAH, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N30024Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138423
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3700 70/9/10 SAVANNAH,TENN CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 422 TIME - 1530 N30024 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 340 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEATHERFORD FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAVANNAH,TENN CENTREVILLE,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT DESTRUCTION PRECLUDED COMPLETE INVEST. HIT PWR LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30024
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Weatherford Farm
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