- Date
- December 29, 1980
- Place
- Ithaca, NY · ITHACA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5161RCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801229080859A
- Case key
- 127619
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3272 80/12/29 ITHACA,NY CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 694 TIME - 2035 N5161R PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TOMPKINS COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITE PLAINS,NY ITHACA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 34 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 340 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- CRASHED 2000FT SHORT & 900FT LEFT OF RWY.PLT ADVISED WX ZERO-ZERO.ILS APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5161R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tompkins 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.