- Date
- June 9, 1974
- Place
- Townsend, MT · TOWNSEND, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76001Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740609016749A
- Case key
- 173380
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1979 74/6/9 TOWNSEND,MONT CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 29, 720 TIME - 1300 N76001 PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOZEMAN,MONT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- LND ON ROUGH ROAD IN HAY FLD TO REMOVE TOW ROPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76001
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N76001Registration cancelled Apr 2, 2022 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N76001 · 1
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