- Date
- May 10, 1977
- Place
- Melville, LA · MELVILLE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1247UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770510010549A
- Case key
- 152455
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0687 77/5/10 MELVILLE,LA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 33 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N1247U PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HANKS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALEXANDRIA,LA MELVILLE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1247U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hanks
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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.