- Date
- April 21, 1977
- Place
- Vancouver, WA · VANCOUVER, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N89672Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770421008159A
- Case key
- 157980
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0966 77/4/21 VANCOUVER,WA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 20, 12 TOTAL TIME - 1704 N89672 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLARK COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VANCOUVER,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- FIRST STUDENT SOLO.WIDE DOWNWIND,LOW ON FINAL,APPLIED PARTIAL PWR ATTEMPTING TO CLR TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89672
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clark County
N89672Registration cancelled Mar 16, 2018 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.