- Date
- February 1, 1966
- Place
- Doylestown, PA · DOYLESTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3239YCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173680
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0130 66/2/1 DOYLESTOWN PA CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 240 TIME - 1500 N3239Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 160 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CENTRAL BUCKS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF REMARKS- AIRSPEED INDICATOR INOPERATIVE BECAUSE OF FROZEN MOISTURE IN PITOT TUBE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3239Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Central Bucks
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