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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Pittstown, NJ · June 28, 1980

Date
June 28, 1980 · 10:00 local
Place
Pittstown, NJ
Airport
Sky Manor
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4930E
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC80DHA22
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
134 total39 in this make and model3 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.

Pilot made a go-around, decided he would not clear the trees. Closed the throttle, landed in a corn field.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE A GO-AROUND, DECIDED HE WOULD NOT CLEAR THE TREES. CLOSED THE THROTTLE, LANDED IN A CORN FIELD.

NTSB investigation

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