- Date
- May 3, 1970
- Place
- Gravity, IA · GRAVITY, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N76806Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 128080
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1967 70/5/3 GRAVITY,IOWA CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 165 TIME - 0540 N76806 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 110 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAVITY,IOWA RED OAK,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- FARM FLD,DRG TKOF BOUNCED ACFT IN ATTEMPT TO CLR FENCE.TAIL HIT FENCE,CONT FLT LNDD BEDFORD,IOWA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76806
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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