- Date
- April 23, 1976
- Place
- Niagara Falls, NY · NIAGARA FALLS, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N64541Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760423009989A
- Case key
- 153699
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1660 76/4/23 NIAGARA FALLS,NY CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 220 TIME - 1930 N64541 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NIAGRA FALLS INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HAMMONTON,NJ RETURN NIAGARA FALLS,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- INTERSECTION TKOF,INITIATED FM TAXIWAY ACROSS RWY INTO SOD AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64541
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Niagra Falls Intl
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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.