- Date
- June 2, 1973
- Place
- Burkville, AL · BURKVILLE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3798VCessna 140A
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730602016479A
- Case key
- 190645
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1078 73/6/2 BURKVILLE,ALA CESSNA 140A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 247 TIME - 1755 N3798V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLMES STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BURKVILLE,ALA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OBS MAKING STEEP LOW ALT TURNS. HIT TREE ABOUT 80 FT AGL. WAIVER FOR ARTIFICIAL R EYE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3798V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Holmes Strip
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.