- Date
- February 18, 1976
- Place
- Iowa City, IA · IOWA CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8733UCessna 172F
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760218001819A
- Case key
- 152901
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0271 76/2/18 IOWA CITY,IA CESSNA 172F CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 273 TIME - 1840 N8733U PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 219 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - IOWA CITY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BURLINGTON,IA IOWA CITY,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK TREES ON BASE LEG.LNDG LGTS ON PRIOR TO DNWND LEG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8733U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Iowa City Muni
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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.