- Date
- December 19, 1969
- Place
- Newton, IA · NEWTON, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72363Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 145968
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4600 69/12/19 NEWTON,IOWA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 182 TIME - 1625 N72363 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 84 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWTON MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CHAMPION,ILL MARION,IOWA PEORIA,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING REMARKS- R RUDDER PEDAL TO BRAKE CLEVIS PIN AN393-19 HAD FALLEN OUT.CLEVIS PIN FOUND,UN LOCATE COTTER PIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72363
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newton Municipal
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