- Date
- August 22, 1964
- Place
- Bridgewater, VA · BRIDGEWATER, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72134Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181877
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2590 64/8/22 BRIDGEWATER VA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 47, 58 TOTAL TIME - 1335 N72134 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRIDGEWATER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72134
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bridgewater
N72134Registration cancelled Mar 29, 2018 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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.