- Date
- May 22, 1976
- Place
- Plymouth, FL · PLYMOUTH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7682GCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760522016199A
- Case key
- 153958
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1512 76/5/22 PLYMOUTH,FL CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 316 TIME - 2100 N7682G PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCDONALD FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLYMOUTH,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: OTHER REMARKS- LIGHT DIDNT COME ON WHEN SWITCH ACTIVATED,CB OK.UNLIGHTED AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7682G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcdonald Field
N7682GRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Cessna 172LAirframe modelCessna 172LEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.