- Date
- February 12, 1973
- Place
- Ripley, WV · RIPLEY, WV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1353YCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730212002659A
- Case key
- 169603
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0077 73/2/12 RIPLEY,W VA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 1339 TIME - 1645 N1353Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 580 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORGANTOWN,W VA RIPLEY,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- INTNTL T/D ABT 1000FT BFR END OF STRIP,UN STOP ON STRIP,LDG ABORTED.UN CLR 50FT POWERLINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1353Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Strip
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.