- Date
- May 5, 1974
- Place
- Smithville, NJ · SMITHVILLE, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20529Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740505011999A
- Case key
- 124356
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1123 74/5/5 SMITHVILLE,NJ CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 119 TIME - 1415 N20529 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITHVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROBBINSVILLE,NJ SMITHVILLE,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 18000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DRG LVL OFF ENCTRD WIND GUST.R WING HIT TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20529
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Smithville
N20529Registration cancelled Jan 16, 2018 · Cessna 172MAirframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.