- Date
- October 6, 1970
- Place
- Ft.Pierce, FL · FT.PIERCE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2322YCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175529
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2447 70/10/6 FT.PIERCE,FLA CESSNA 177 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 250 TIME - 2238 N2322Y PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 107 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST LUCIE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT.PIERCE,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES 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 REMARKS- APRX 3MI ON FINAL APCH,ENCTRD HEAVY RAIN,SHORTLY THEREAFTER ENG LOST PWR.HIT TREES,LNDD IN GROVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2322Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- St Lucie County
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