- Date
- August 14, 1966
- Place
- Dayton, IA · DAYTON, IA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6055R172
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121856
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3351 66/8/14 DAYTON IOWA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 80 TOTAL TIME - 0743 N6055R PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- PILOT LANDED TO AWAIT WEATHER IMPROVEMENT AT DESTINATION.AREA SELECTED WAS SUITABLE FOR A LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6055R
- Reported as
- 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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