- Date
- December 21, 1973
- Place
- St Petersburg, FL · ST PETERSBURG, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N46466Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731221040879A
- Case key
- 187547
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3832 73/12/21 ST PETERSBURG,FLA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 68 TOTAL TIME - 1120 N46466 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLEARWATER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AVON PARK,FLA ST PETERSBURG,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 75 290 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46466
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clearwater
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.