- Date
- December 4, 1971
- Place
- Gainesville, FL · GAINESVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8721UCessna 172F
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164837
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4500 71/12/4 GAINESVILLE,FLA CESSNA 172F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 175 TIME - 0430 N8721U PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GAINESVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT MYERS,FLA COLLEGE STATION,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- NGT VFR FLT INTO FCSTD IFR WX,EXHSTD FUEL,DSNDD THRU OVRCST,CRASH LNDD IN TREE.PSGR FELL 40FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8721U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gainesville
N8721URegistration cancelled Jun 4, 2018 · Cessna 172FAirframe modelCessna 172FEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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Other investigations on N8721U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.