Cessna 140 N76057

30 August 1973 · Preston, Idaho, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 30 August 1973 at about 09:30 local time, a Cessna 140 registered N76057, operated by Falcon Flying, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Preston, Idaho, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 30 August 1973 at 09:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Preston, Idaho, United States
Nearest airport: Preston
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 140
Registration: N76057
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Falcon Flying
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3254

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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RWY OILED. ACFT HIT PLOW FURROW.

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No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3254, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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