- Date
- August 19, 1972
- Place
- Slippery Rock, PA · SLIPPERY ROCK, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N72765Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167873
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3087 72/8/19 SLIPPERY ROCK,PA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N72765 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 39, 1130 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 40 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING ACRES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SLIPPERY ROCK,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72765
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Flying Acres
N72765Registration cancelled Nov 21, 2017 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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