- Date
- November 2, 1981
- Place
- Piedmont, MO · PIEDMONT, MO
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7284ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811102071459A
- Case key
- 123857
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2232 81/11/2 PIEDMONT,MO CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 1060 TIME - 2000 N7284A PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1040 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PIEDMONT MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PIEDMONT,MO POPLAR BLUFF,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- STRUCK TREES ON HILL APRX 1 MI FM ARPT ON DARK NGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7284A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Piedmont Muni
N7284ARegistration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Cessna 172Airframe modelCessna 172Engine modelContinental 0-300 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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