- Date
- June 25, 1967
- Place
- Snow Shoe, PA · SNOW SHOE, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6909XCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116138
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2045 67/6/25 SNOW SHOE,PA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 445 TIME - 1115 N6909X PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- TAKE OFF WAS ON FARM FIELD WITH HAY STANDING 2-3FT HI. WIND WESTERLY ABOUT 15KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6909X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6909XRegistration cancelled Mar 25, 2020 · Cessna 172BAirframe modelCessna 172BEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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