- Date
- January 6, 1980
- Place
- Sidney, NE · SIDNEY, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N64294Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800106000559A
- Case key
- 132157
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0006 80/1/6 SIDNEY,NE CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0950 N64294 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 51, 615 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 134 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIDNEY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SIDNEY,NE MCCOOK,NE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 BLOWING SNOW 320 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 32 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 42 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64294
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sidney Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N64294 · 1
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