- Date
- August 24, 1976
- Place
- Selbyville, DE · SELBYVILLE, DE
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50983Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760824028039A
- Case key
- 155448
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2501 76/8/24 SELBYVILLE,DE CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 107 TIME - 1045 N50983 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARRINGTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDDLETOWN,DE SELBYVILLE,DE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50983
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Warrington
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.