- Date
- December 20, 1969
- Place
- Baldwin City, KS · BALDWIN CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3468CCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146012
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4604 69/12/20 BALDWIN CITY,KANS CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 286 TIME - 1150 N3468C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 122 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VINLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OLATHE,KANS BALDWIN CITY,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIT WIRES APRX 216FT FROM APCH END OF RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3468C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vinland
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Other investigations on N3468C · 2
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