- Date
- July 6, 1971
- Place
- Elizabethton, TN · ELIZABETHTON, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2800LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162582
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2424 71/7/6 ELIZABETHTON,TENN CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 17 TOTAL TIME - 1130 N2800L PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELIZABETHTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELIZABETHTON,TENN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- PLT LNDD ACFT IN R CRAB.ACFT LEFT RWY,L WING HIT FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2800L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Elizabethton
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