- Date
- July 30, 1970
- Place
- Harwinton, CT · HARWINTON, CT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N79319Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111642
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3297 70/7/30 HARWINTON,CONN CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 134 TIME - 1345 N79319 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNNYCAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARWINTON,CONN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 4500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 90 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 245 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FULL FLAPS USE DRG GO-AROUND TO CLEAR TREES,STALLED DRG FLAP RETRACTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79319
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Johnnycake
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