- Date
- September 24, 1980
- Place
- Guanica, PR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3608SCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800924048799A
- Case key
- 128416
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3070 80/9/24 GUANICA,PR CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 291 TIME - 0645 N3608S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BORINQUEN,PR GUANICA,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON DIRT ROAD W PARKED VEHICLE ON IT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3608S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3608S · 1
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