- Date
- December 23, 1971
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N3778LCessna 172G
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117211
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3586 71/12/23 MIAMI,FLA CESSNA 172G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 500 TIME - 1406 N3778L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 146 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIAMI INTNL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FLA FT LAUDERDALE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 40 27 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT HLDG SHORT RWY 09 HDG 180 DEG,WND GUSTS TO 37K FM 040DEG.B747 ON TKOF ROLL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3778L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Miami Intnl
N3778LRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2012 · Cessna 172GAirframe modelCessna 172GEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.