- Date
- April 11, 1971
- Place
- Lithonia, GA · LITHONIA, GA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N79566Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160951
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1284 71/4/11 LITHONIA,GA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 951 TIME - 1500 N79566 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 196 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GUNN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITHONIA,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND REMARKS- RAN OFF END OF RWY,CAME TO REST INVERTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79566
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gunn
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