- Date
- September 27, 1974
- Place
- E Stroudsburg, PA · E STROUDSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2978DCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740927001589A
- Case key
- 141053
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3289 74/9/27 E STROUDSBURG,PA CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 67, 3213 TIME - 1445 N2978D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2450 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIRCHWOOD-POCONO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION E STROUDSBURG,PA HANOVER,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED 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 CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 215 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- GUSTY X-WIND.CONTACTED HIGH WEEDS,ROUGH GND,POTHOLE NEXT TO RWY.WING HIT GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2978D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Birchwood-Pocono
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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.