- Date
- March 14, 1973
- Place
- Springfield, MO · SPRINGFIELD, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3935FCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730314007339A
- Case key
- 170271
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0724 73/3/14 SPRINGFIELD,MO CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 45, 195 TIME - 1243 N3935F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPRINGFIELD MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JOPLIN,MO SPRINGFIELD,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 60 190 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- 1 HR FLT INSTRUCTION RECORDED THIS MODEL ACFT-3/27/58.WIND GUSTING 30K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3935F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Springfield Mun
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.