- Date
- November 21, 1964
- Place
- Chapel Hill, NC · CHAPEL HILL, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9738ACessna 170A
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181113
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3533 64/11/21 CHAPEL HILL NC CESSNA 170A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 400 TIME - 1700 N9738A PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HORACE WILLIAMS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9738A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Horace Williams
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