- Date
- March 13, 1968
- Place
- Bengazi, Libya · BENGAZI, Libya
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N494FCessna 185A
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110658
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0066 68/3/13 BENGAZI,LIBYA CESSNA 185A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 5692 TIME - 1330 N494F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 732 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GYRENAICA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE GOVT OF LIBYA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N494F
- Reported as
- Cessna 185A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gyrenaica
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