- Date
- September 7, 1978
- Place
- Red Lodge, MT · RED LODGE, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N739CWCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780907026099A
- Case key
- 140157
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2399 78/9/7 RED LODGE,MT CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1800 TIME - 1550 N739CW PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RED LODGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RED LODGE,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 75 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DENSITY ALT 8000FT. TSTM IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739CW
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Red Lodge
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N739CW · 1
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