- Date
- December 11, 1978
- Place
- Gary, IN · GARY, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12619Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781211037409A
- Case key
- 138482
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4025 78/12/11 GARY,IN CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 43, 62 TOTAL TIME - 1210 N12619 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARY MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GARY,IN GARY,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12619
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gary Municipal
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N12619 · 1
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