UNK64X1072

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 172 · Elizabethville, PA · March 28, 1964

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
March 28, 1964
Place
Elizabethville, PA · ELIZABETHVILLE, PA
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Initial climb
Aircraft
N8750BCessna 172
Status
Completed · report September 8, 1964
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
184532

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0730  64/3/28    ELIZABETHVILLE PA   CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 45, 92 TOTAL
        TIME - 1445                    N8750B              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LESHER
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
        RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND                                 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES                          VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE

Aircraft

Registration
N8750B
Reported as
Cessna 172
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Lesher

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