- Date
- August 15, 1965
- Place
- Whitefish, MT · WHITEFISH, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77000Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176711
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2551 65/8/15 WHITEFISH MONT CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 38, 58 TOTAL TIME - 1020 N77000 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITEFISH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77000
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Whitefish
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