- Date
- March 31, 1966
- Place
- Yankton, SD · YANKTON, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5600ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171832
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2076 66/3/31 YANKTON S DAK CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 240 TIME - 1115 N5600A PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHAN GURNEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING DUST LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 60 320 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 55 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- PILOT HAD STOPPED AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING TO OBTAIN ASSISTANCE, GUSTY WIND INCREASED TO 55 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5600A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chan Gurney
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