- Date
- May 16, 1970
- Place
- Waldron, MO · WALDRON, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N89874Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126029
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0745 70/5/16 WALDRON,MO CESSNA 140 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, UNK/NR TIME - 1230 N89874 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NOAHS ARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WALDRON,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT HADNT FLOWN FOR A YR.PLT HADNT FLOWN FOR SEVERAL MOS.ENG LOST POWER ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89874
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Noahs Ark
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