- Date
- September 22, 1974
- Place
- Block Island, RI · BLOCK ISLAND, RI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6206ECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740922032459A
- Case key
- 138848
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3152 74/9/22 BLOCK ISLAND,RI CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 275 TIME - 1300 N6206E PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 175 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLOCK ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRISWOLD,CONN BLOCK ISLAND,RI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- LANDED DOWNWIND,COULD NOT STOP,ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND.COLLIDED WITH BRUSH BEYOND END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6206E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Block Island
N6206ERegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Cessna 172Airframe modelCessna 172Engine modelContinental 0-300 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.