- Date
- October 15, 1965
- Place
- Tupper Lake, NY · TUPPER LAKE, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2456UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175220
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3085 65/10/15 NR.TUPPER LAKE NY CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 119 TIME - 1730 N2456U PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN THUNDERSTORM CONDITIONS . SAFE LANDING MADE AFTER ARCFT DAMAGED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2456U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2456URegistration cancelled Sep 22, 2014 · Cessna 172DAirframe modelCessna 172DEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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Other investigations on N2456U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.