- Date
- October 9, 1965
- Place
- Holton, KS · HOLTON, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76939Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178925
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3471 65/10/9 NR.HOLTON KANS CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 485 TIME - 1405 N76939 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: RELAYS AND WIRING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SMOKE IN COCKPIT REMARKS- SHORT CIRCUIT IN WIRING TO CIGARETTE LIGHTER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76939
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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