- Date
- May 3, 1980
- Place
- Bethany, WV · BETHANY, WV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N19672Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800503013119A
- Case key
- 131349
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0792 80/5/3 BETHANY,WV CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 169 TIME - 0955 N19672 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 156 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AKRON,OH WHEELING,WV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- 3RD PASS OVER SISTER'S HOUSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19672
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wheeling,Wv
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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.