- Date
- September 3, 1977
- Place
- Grove Hill, AL · GROVE HILL, AL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N64260Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770903029869A
- Case key
- 145116
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2387 77/9/3 GROVE HILL,AL CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 97 TOTAL TIME - 1745 N64260 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GROVE HILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GROVE HILL,AL PASCAGOULA,MS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- AFTER 60MPH AC WOULD NOT ACCELERATE.AC HIT DITCH.NO MALFUNCTION OF AC SYSTEMS WERE FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64260
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Grove Hill
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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.