- Date
- October 11, 1974
- Place
- Summerville, SC · SUMMERVILLE, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N12755Cessna 305A
- Status
- Completed · report November 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741011033789A
- Case key
- 201227
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3112 74/10/11 SUMMERVILLE,SC CESSNA 305A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0845 N12755 PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 34, 4100 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 475 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOCKLAIR MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUMMERVILLE,SC CHARLESTON,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- UNABLE TO REACH ARPT.L WING STRUCK TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12755
- Reported as
- Cessna 305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Locklair Memorial
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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.
Other investigations on N12755 · 1
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