- Date
- June 21, 1972
- Place
- Kenansville, FL · KENANSVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8658UMid-America 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79571
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4118 72/6/21 KENANSVILLE,FLA MID-AMERICA 172 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 580 TIME - 1230 N8658U PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 147 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - H E MILHOUSE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENANSVILLE,FLA LEESBURG,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 80 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- STOL MODIFICATION STC-SA1371SW.APRX 50FT AGL ACFT STARTED TO SINK PLT UN CK DSCNT INTO TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8658U
- Reported as
- Mid-America 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- H E Milhouse
N8658URegistration cancelled Nov 14, 2012 · Cessna 172FAirframe modelCessna 172FEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.