- Date
- July 14, 1973
- Place
- Bryson City, NC · BRYSON CITY, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3877RCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730714020879A
- Case key
- 189517
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1987 73/7/14 BRYSON CITY,NC CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 110 TIME - 1405 N3877R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 108 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOSSAMON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRYSON CITY,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- PILOT UNABLE TO STOP AFTER LANDING LONG WENT OVER 20 FT BANK AT END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3877R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sossamon
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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.