UNK64X3363

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 140 · Sterling, CO · August 13, 1964

AccidentClosed
Date
August 13, 1964
Place
Sterling, CO · STERLING, CO
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
N72394Cessna 140
Status
Completed · report October 23, 1964
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
182434

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

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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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3-2460  64/8/13    STERLING COLO       CESSNA 140          CR-  0  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             AGE UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N72394              PX-  0  0  0  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED      HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STERLING
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- PILOT OF AIRCRAFT NEVER LOCATED.

Aircraft

Registration
N72394
Reported as
Cessna 140
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Sterling

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.