- Date
- April 30, 1974
- Place
- Jefferson, NC · JEFFERSON, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N279MDCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740430010259A
- Case key
- 124263
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1364 74/4/30 JEFFERSON,NC CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 203 TIME - 2005 N279MD PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLYARD FARMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILKESBORO,NC JEFFERSON,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- ACFT DRIFTED L DRG GO-AROUND HIT TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N279MD
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Colyard Farms
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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.