- Date
- August 23, 1975
- Place
- Indian Lake, NY · INDIAN LAKE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8060ACessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750823030329A
- Case key
- 151505
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3612 75/8/23 INDIAN LAKE,NY CESSNA 170B CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 372 TIME - 1730 N8060A PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 145 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIAN LAKE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD LO PASS AND L STEEP TURN BFR PITCH DWN.ACFT LMTNS DOOR OFF MAX YAW ANGLE 10 DEG,BANK 15
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8060A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.