- Date
- September 13, 1964
- Place
- Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N72807Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184208
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2893 64/9/13 AMARILLO TEX CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 314 TIME - 1215 N72807 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 123 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALO DURO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72807
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Palo Duro
N72807Registration cancelled Nov 17, 2014 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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