- Date
- July 17, 1972
- Place
- Montrose, PA · MONTROSE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2987DCessna 170
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167254
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2490 72/7/17 MONTROSE,PA CESSNA 170 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 257 TIME - 1900 N2987D PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRIFPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOCK HAVEN PA BROOM COUNTY APT,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL APPROACHING DARKNESS REMARKS- FIELD HAD KNEE-HIGH GRASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2987D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grifport
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