- Date
- October 25, 1975
- Place
- Blair, SC · BLAIR, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6439ECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751025035499A
- Case key
- 151511
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3622 75/10/25 BLAIR,SC CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 24 TOTAL TIME - 1910 N6439E PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHELBY,NC NEWBERRY,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT APPROACHING DARKNESS REMARKS- THIRD LNDG ATMPT,STRUCK TOP OF FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6439E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.