- Date
- July 8, 1979
- Place
- Folkston, GA · FOLKSTON, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8451UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790708023549A
- Case key
- 133803
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3811 79/7/8 NR.FOLKSTON,GA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 176 TIME - 1430 N8451U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 98 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COW PASTURE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARASOTA,FL MILLVILLE,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- DRG TKOF AFTER PRCTNRY LNDG IN PASTURE,ACFT HIT RUT,THEN FENCE & BLDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8451U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cow Pasture
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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.