- Date
- March 29, 1977
- Place
- Janesville, WI · JANESVILLE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2JACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770329007739A
- Case key
- 157574
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0532 77/3/29 JANESVILLE,WI CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 371 TIME - 0957 N2JA PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 242 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCK COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JANESVILLE,WI WHEELING,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 40K.70K GUST AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2JA
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rock County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.