- Date
- December 30, 1966
- Place
- Palmer, NE · PALMER, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2397VCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119963
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4159 66/12/30 PALMER NEBR CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 162 TIME - 1200 N2397V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 91 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE OVERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT LANDED LONG IN ALFALFA FIELD AND INTENTIONALLY GROUND LOOPED-WING TIP STRUCK FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2397V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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