- Date
- January 24, 1972
- Place
- Cahokia, IL · CAHOKIA, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N7710UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165154
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0372 72/1/24 CAHOKIA,ILL CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 402 TIME - 1415 N7710U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 335 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BI-STATE PARKS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAHOKIA,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN STATIC: ENGINE RUNUP 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 OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT NSD OVR DURG RUNUP IN X-WND GUSTING TO 35K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7710U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bi-State Parks
N7710URegistration cancelled Aug 4, 2026 · Cessna 172EAirframe modelCessna 172EEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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