- Date
- October 13, 1968
- Place
- Newton, NJ · NEWTON, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3189TCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report December 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107964
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3720 68/10/13 NEWTON,NJ CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 84 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N3189T PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JUMP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- INTENTL GRND LOOP TO AVOID LAKE AT END OF RNWY. ACFT STRUCK BOULDERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3189T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jump
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