- Date
- February 10, 1973
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL · FT.LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5770RCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730210014499A
- Case key
- 170464
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1572 73/2/10 FT.LAUDERDALE,FLA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1215 N5770R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 54, 15687 TOTAL HOURS, 36 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FT LAUDERDALE INT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT.LAUDERDALE,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - RECIEVED RECORDED BRIEFING BY LFMF RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 18 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WX BRIEF BY ATIS WIND RPTD 18K GUSTING 25K.WIND GUSTING 40K AT TIME OF ACDT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5770R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ft Lauderdale Int
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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