- Date
- September 8, 1975
- Place
- Waterville Vly, NH · WATERVILLE VLY, NH
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1318FCessna 172G
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750908030629A
- Case key
- 151178
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3124 75/9/8 WATERVILLE VLY,NH CESSNA 172G CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 391 TIME - 1950 N1318F PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 217 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FREDERICK,MD LACONIA,NH POUGHKEEPSIE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- TRACKING VOR OUTBOUND TO LOCATE ARPT.PLT PULLED UP TO AVOID CLOUD AND COLLIDED WITH MOUNTAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1318F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.