- Date
- September 3, 1971
- Place
- Vicksburg, MS · VICKSBURG, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N30344Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164616
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4484 71/9/3 VICKSBURG,MISS CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 199 TIME - 1730 N30344 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VICKSBURG,MISS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- 2000FT ROUGH SOFT FLD,TREES AT END 40-50FT HI,OAT 80-82DEG WIND CALM.UN CLR,INTNTL STALL IN TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30344
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage