- Date
- January 2, 1967
- Place
- Readington, NJ · READINGTON, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N441TSCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119521
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0009 67/1/2 READINGTON,NJ CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 204 TIME - 1210 N441TS PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 124 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOLBERG-HUNTERDON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- PAVED PORTION OF RUNWAY 30 FT WIDE WAS CLEARED OF SNOW WHICH WAS BANKED 3-4 FT HIGH ALONG EDGES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N441TS
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Solberg-Hunterdon
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