Cessna 140 N76180
31 December 1971 · Knoxville, Tennessee, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 31 December 1971 at about 15:13 local time, a Cessna 140 registered N76180 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:13
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
- Nearest airport
- J P Sanders
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 140
- Registration
- N76180
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-4566
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Read the full NTSB narrative
AFT TKOF RIGHT TURN TO AVOID HITTING TREES.ACFT NORMALLY TKOF WEST AND LAND TO THE EAST.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jul 1971 | Cessna 140 | Parker Dam, California, United States | William H Shul | Serious injuries | - |
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| 7 Sep 1971 | Cessna 140A | Woodstock, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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| 6 Aug 1971 | Cessna 140 | N Little Rock, Arkansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Apr 1971 | Cessna 140 | Lamoni, Iowa, United States | Kevin D Omstea | Serious injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 1971 | M Mustang M-1 | Aurora, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Jan 1971 | Cessna 172 | Creston, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jan 1971 | Piper PA-22 | Sarasota, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1971 | Cessna 172K | Bethany, Oklahoma, United States | Diamond Air, In | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1971 | Taylorcraft DCO-65 | Portage, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 May 1971 | Flybaby 1A | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |