- Date
- May 17, 1975
- Place
- West Milford, NJ · WEST MILFORD, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N30018Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750517012549A
- Case key
- 148411
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1056 75/5/17 WEST MILFORD,NJ CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 293 TIME - 1040 N30018 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 83 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAIROBI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KINGSTON,NY WEST MILFORD,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT INITIATED GO-AROUND AFTER ACFT T/D ABT MID-POINT OF THE RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30018
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nairobi
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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.