- Date
- June 20, 1968
- Place
- Morro Bay, CA · MORRO BAY, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4471LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110306
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1734 68/6/20 MORRO BAY,CALIF CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 344 TIME - 1730 N4471L PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SANDY REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL RAN INTO SOFT SAND ON BEACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4471L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4471LRegistration cancelled Oct 23, 2018 · Cessna 172GAirframe modelCessna 172GEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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