- Date
- February 4, 1968
- Place
- Pleasant Hill, MO · PLEASANT HILL, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7776UCessna 172E
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111891
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0381 68/2/4 PLEASANT HILL,MO CESSNA 172E CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 38, 59 TOTAL TIME - 1645 N7776U PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 56 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WINNEBAGO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO REMOVE GUST LOCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7776U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Winnebago
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