- Date
- February 21, 1972
- Place
- W.Mifflin, PA · W.MIFFLIN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7066GCessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165514
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1297 72/2/21 W.MIFFLIN,PA CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 64 TOTAL TIME - 1545 N7066G PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEGHENY CO. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION W.MIFFLIN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- AFT ABORTING TKOF PLT TURNED OFF RWY INTO SNOW BANKED ALONGSIDE RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7066G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allegheny Co.
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