- Date
- August 6, 1967
- Place
- Boone, IA · BOONE, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1978NCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114774
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3973 67/8/6 NR.BOONE,IOWA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 242 TIME - 1020 N1978N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 238 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STOTTS STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) REMARKS- LNDG AT UNLIGHTED STRIP,LNDG LIGHT FAILED DUE TO DEAD BATTERY.RT WING HIT CORN ALONGSIDE RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1978N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stotts Strip