- Date
- March 2, 1974
- Place
- Swansea, MA · SWANSEA, MA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N35526Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740302007639A
- Case key
- 186788
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0641 74/3/2 SWANSEA,MASS CESSNA 172 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 19, 530 TIME - 1545 N35526 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 249 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FALL RIVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PROVIDENCE,RI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- SIM INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS.ENTERED UNUSUAL ATTITUDE AT LO ALT.UN RCVR BEFORE HITTING WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35526
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fall River
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.