- Date
- March 7, 1978
- Place
- Plain City, OH · PLAIN CITY, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4202LCessna 172G
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780307006819A
- Case key
- 143307
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0704 78/3/7 PLAIN CITY,OH CESSNA 172G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 336 TIME - 1515 N4202L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TROYER FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAIN CITY,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4202L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Troyer Farm
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4202L · 1
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