- Date
- May 24, 1968
- Place
- Renton, WA · RENTON, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6374ECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118647
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3508 68/5/24 RENTON,WASH CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2050 N6374E PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 23, 1289 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 133 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RENTON MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT SET UP APPROACH TO HANGAR ROOF AS MOST PREFERABLE LDG AREA.LANDED ON ROOF AFTER HITTING WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6374E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Renton Muni
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Other investigations on N6374E · 1
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