- Date
- July 18, 1971
- Place
- Spartanburg, SC · SPARTANBURG, SC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1887YCessna 172C
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162434
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2592 71/7/18 SPARTANBURG,SC CESSNA 172C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 158 TIME - 0932 N1887Y PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPARTANBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WALNUT COVE,NC SPARTANBURG,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1887Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spartanburg
N1887YRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2014 · Cessna 172CAirframe modelCessna 172CEngine 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.