- Date
- November 23, 1969
- Place
- Hammondsport, NY · HAMMONDSPORT, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1639VCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148512
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3161 69/11/23 HAMMONDSPORT,NY CESSNA 140 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 305 TIME - 1320 N1639V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 190 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BATH HAMMONDSPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAMMONDSPORT,NY LEROY,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1639V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bath Hammondsport
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