- Date
- September 7, 1979
- Place
- Gordonsville, VA · GORDONSVILLE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N34969Cessna 177RG
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790907026599A
- Case key
- 133490
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2703 79/9/7 GORDONSVILLE,VA CESSNA 177RG CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 362 TIME - 0830 N34969 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORFOLK,MA LYNCHBURG,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- PLT ATTMPTD T/O FROM FIELD WHERE FORCED LDG HAD BEEN MADE DUE LACK OF FUEL.A/C HIT BUMP GOT AIRBNE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34969
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.