- Date
- March 1, 1974
- Place
- Fairburn, GA · FAIRBURN, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9226BCessna 175
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740301013339A
- Case key
- 186717
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0825 74/3/1 FAIRBURN,GA CESSNA 175 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 4000 TIME - 1830 N9226B PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA NEWNAN,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- EVIDENCE CONSISTENT WITH PLT ASLEEP AT CONTROLS.WITNESS-ACFT LO ALT,4-5DEG NSE DN TIL OUT OF SIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9226B
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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