- Date
- March 28, 1976
- Place
- Smithville, NJ · SMITHVILLE, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4685KCessna 182P
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760328007899A
- Case key
- 153767
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1299 76/3/28 SMITHVILLE,NJ CESSNA 182P CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 64, 222 TIME - 1445 N4685K PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 202 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITHVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GAITHERSBURG,MD SMITHVILLE,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 272 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- TOUCHED DOWN LONG,RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY AND ROLLED INTO DITCH.WIND GUSTING 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4685K
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Smithville
FAA reports on this event · 1
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