- Date
- March 13, 1979
- Place
- Kearney, NE · KEARNEY, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8945VCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790313004619A
- Case key
- 137837
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0252 79/3/13 KEARNEY,NE CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 80 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N8945V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KEARNEY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEARNEY,NE MILLARD,NE 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 - 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 320 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 35 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- WND GUSTING 45K
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8945V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kearney Muni
N8945VRegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2014 · Cessna 172MAirframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8945V · 1
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