- Date
- November 13, 1967
- Place
- Hill City, MN · HILL CITY, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5686ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112796
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4059 67/11/13 HILL CITY,MINN CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 652 TIME - 1600 N5686A PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 577 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- INSUFFICIENT ROOM FOR TAKEOFF. WIND CALM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5686A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5686ARegistration cancelled Nov 18, 2009 · Cessna 172Airframe modelCessna 172Engine modelContinental 0-300 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.