- Date
- May 18, 1973
- Place
- Belle Glade, FL · BELLE GLADE, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5971RCessna 172G
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730518016369A
- Case key
- 190282
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1496 73/5/18 BELLE GLADE,FLA CESSNA 172G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 227 TIME - 1430 N5971R PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELLE GLADE STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BELLE GLADE,FLA SANFORD,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE REMARKS- PLT DID NOT CONSIDER LENGTH OF SOD SURFACE,G/W OF THE ACFT AND LACK OF WIND.ATMTD TURN L DUE DITCH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5971R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Belle Glade State
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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.