- Date
- May 7, 1981
- Place
- Birch Tree, MO · BIRCH TREE, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80935Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810507025879A
- Case key
- 126252
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0768 81/5/7 BIRCH TREE,MO CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 96 TOTAL TIME - 1900 N80935 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HIGHTOWER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIRCH TREE,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS REMARKS- INADVERTENTLY MOVED THROTTLE FWD DRG BOUNCED LNDG,UN TO STOP BFR HITTING WINDSOCK POLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80935
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hightower
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.