- Date
- January 27, 1974
- Place
- Selinsgrove, PA · SELINSGROVE, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46119Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740127001659A
- Case key
- 187101
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0201 74/1/27 SELINSGROVE,PA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 570 TIME - 1215 N46119 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 370 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PENN VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEYERSTOWN,PA SELINSGROVE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS REMARKS- PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DRG LANDING AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY,STRUCK SNOWBANK,OVERTURNED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46119
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Penn Valley
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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.