- Date
- September 8, 1972
- Place
- Oak Bluffs, MA · OAK BLUFFS, MA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N34201Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168350
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3390 72/9/8 OAK BLUFFS,MASS CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 151 TIME - 1135 N34201 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 91 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAK BLUFFS,MASS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW BEDFORD,MASS OAK BLUFFS,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND REMARKS- UNSUCCESSFULL LANDING ON UNEVEN SURFACE.FAILED TO CLEAR TREES ON GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34201
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oak Bluffs,Mass
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