- Date
- March 6, 1966
- Place
- Macon, MO · MACON, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2975UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172776
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1398 66/3/6 MACON MO CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 60 TOTAL TIME - 1210 N2975U PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FOWER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-EXCEEDED AIRCRAFT CROSSWIND CAPABILITY. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS REMARKS- USED FLAPS IN STRONG GUSTY CROSSWIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2975U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fower
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