- Date
- June 16, 1978
- Place
- Stone Mountain, GA · STONE MOUNTAIN, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3715SCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780616015319A
- Case key
- 140636
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2051 78/6/16 STONE MOUNTAIN,GA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 158 TIME - 1830 N3715S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHISPERING PINES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLOMATION,AL STONE MOUNTAIN,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3715S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Whispering Pines
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3715S · 1
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