- Date
- December 13, 1970
- Place
- Poplar Bluff, MO · POPLAR BLUFF, MO
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8108LCessna 172H
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159346
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2197 70/12/13 POPLAR BLUFF,MO CESSNA 172H CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 78 TOTAL TIME - 1710 N8108L PX- 0 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FIELDS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEMPHIS,TENN POPLAR BLUFF,MO 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 SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIT 30 FT WIRES 900 FT FROM THRESHOLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8108L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fields
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