- Date
- September 4, 1978
- Place
- Elyria, OH · ELYRIA, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73131Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780904035689A
- Case key
- 139267
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3259 78/9/4 ELYRIA,OH CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 60 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N73131 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LORAIN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FOSTORIA,OHIO ELYRIA,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- WEATHER BRIEF BY INSTRUCTOR.WND GUSTS TO 12KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73131
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lorain 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.