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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172D · Charles City, VA · July 21, 1973

Date
July 21, 1973
Place
Charles City, VA
Airport
Berkeley Plntn
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7159G
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD74FID04
Reported as
Cessna 172D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
71 total10 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Plt mistook pasture for arpt. Lnd,realized error & began go arnd. Then closed throttle due trees.

As the FAA filed it

PLT MISTOOK PASTURE FOR ARPT.LND,REALIZED ERROR & BEGAN GO ARND.THEN CLOSED THROTTLE DUE TREES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.