- Date
- August 15, 1964
- Place
- Crossville, TN · CROSSVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6687ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182586
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0502 64/8/15 CROSSVILLE TENN CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1000 TIME - 1030 N6687A PX- 0 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6687A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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