- Date
- April 2, 1971
- Place
- Springfield, MO · SPRINGFIELD, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1381FCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160464
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1112 71/4/2 SPRINGFIELD,MO CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 392 TIME - 1520 N1381F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 240 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOWNTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRINGFIELD,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 53 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 28 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 34K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1381F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Downtown
N1381FRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2022 · Cessna 172GAirframe modelCessna 172GEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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