- Date
- July 17, 1977
- Place
- Stevensville, MD · STEVENSVILLE, MD
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2029YCessna 172C
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770717020899A
- Case key
- 146656
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1744 77/7/17 STEVENSVILLE,MD CESSNA 172C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 220 TIME - 1515 N2029Y PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 159 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENTMOOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STEVENSVILLE,MD GAITHERSBURG,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 95 130 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 7 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- HIT POLE SUPPORTING SIGN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2029Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kentmoor
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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.