- Date
- February 11, 1979
- Place
- Independence, MO · INDEPENDENCE, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N739LJCessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790211002709A
- Case key
- 137665
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0094 79/2/11 INDEPENDENCE,MO CESSNA 172N CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 305 TIME - 0300 N739LJ PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INDEPENDENCE MEM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDEPENDENCE,MO ST LOUIS,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739LJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Independence Mem
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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.