- Date
- October 26, 1969
- Place
- Middleport, NY · MIDDLEPORT, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2389VCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154963
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3756 69/10/26 MIDDLEPORT,NY CESSNA 140 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 368 TIME - 1255 N2389V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 168 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDDLEPORT,NY UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- WITNESSES SAW ACFT DESCEND TO GRND SHORTLY AFTER T/O. NO EVIDENCE OF ACFT OR ENG MALFUNCTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2389V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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