- Date
- December 31, 1971
- Place
- Knoxville, TN · KNOXVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N76180Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164784
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4566 71/12/31 KNOXVILLE,TENN CESSNA 140 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 149 TIME - 1513 N76180 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 135 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - J P SANDERS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNOXVILLE,TENN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- AFT TKOF RIGHT TURN TO AVOID HITTING TREES.ACFT NORMALLY TKOF WEST AND LAND TO THE EAST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76180
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- J P Sanders
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