- Date
- October 15, 1978
- Place
- Huntsville, AL · HUNTSVILLE, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3101ACessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781015036439A
- Case key
- 139218
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3632 78/10/15 HUNTSVILLE,AL CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1613 N3101A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 48, 3510 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3000 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MILLS MOONTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTSVILLE,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3101A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mills Moontown
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3101A · 1
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