- Date
- March 25, 1973
- Place
- Scotia, NY · SCOTIA, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8116LCessna 172H
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730325005989A
- Case key
- 170313
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0682 73/3/25 SCOTIA,NY CESSNA 172H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 76 TOTAL TIME - 1500 N8116L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GAY VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCOTIA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF REMARKS- ACFT SETTLED BACK TO RWY AFTR L/O,PLT ABORTED TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8116L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gay Valley
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8116L · 1
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