- Date
- October 13, 1980
- Place
- Waddy, KY · WADDY, KY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N64517Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801013057159A
- Case key
- 128606
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2861 80/10/13 NR.WADDY,KY CESSNA 172M CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 52 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N64517 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRANKFORT,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- HIT TREE AFTER TURNING TO AVOID HOUSE WHILE PRACTICING PRCTNRY LNDGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64517
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N64517Registration cancelled Oct 29, 2013 · Cessna 172MAirframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N64517 · 1
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