19831202075089A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172H · Hershey, PA · December 2, 1983

Date
December 2, 1983 · 15:10 local
Place
Hershey, PA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6246L
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC84FA046
Reported as
Cessna 172H
Reported engine
Continental O300D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
463 total194 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.

Flew into a snow squall after 3 attempts to land at departure airport. Lost control. Struck trees on a nearby hill.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO A SNOW SQUALL AFTER 3 ATTEMPTS TO LAND AT DEPARTURE AIRPORT. LOST CONTROL. STRUCK TREES ON A NEARBY HILL.

NTSB investigation

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