- Date
- March 3, 1972
- Place
- Azalea, OR · AZALEA, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73076Cessna 140A
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165755
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0660 72/3/3 AZALEA,OREG CESSNA 140A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 75 TOTAL TIME - 1030 N73076 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRANTS PASS,OREG ROSEBURG,OREG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT TRIED TO FLY ABOVE HIWAY THRU PASS. FLEW INTO CLOUDS DURING ATTEMPTED TURNAROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73076
- Reported as
- Cessna 140A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage