- Date
- March 11, 1980
- Place
- Greencastle, IN · GREENCASTLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3256LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800311005209A
- Case key
- 131888
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0321 80/3/11 GREENCASTLE,IN CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 20, 7 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N3256L PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PUTNAM CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENCASTLE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INCORRECT TRIM SETTING REMARKS- TRIM FOUND SET 2/3 NOSE DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3256L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Putnam Co
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.