- Date
- April 20, 1969
- Place
- Farmingdale, NY · FARMINGDALE, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4429LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184011
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1397 69/4/20 FARMINGDALE,NY CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 450 TIME - 1840 N4429L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REPUBLIC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQ.DIRECTIVES,MANUAL,EQUIPMENT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ELEVATOR CONTROL SECURED BY NAIL.NAIL NOT REMOVED PRIOR TO T/O.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4429L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Republic
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