- Date
- February 4, 1976
- Place
- Worcester, MA · WORCESTER, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N84183Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760204001459A
- Case key
- 152911
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0281 76/2/4 WORCESTER,MA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 350 TIME - 2000 N84183 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WORCESTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARTFORD,CT WORCESTER,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE 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 QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 29 280 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 38 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84183
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Worcester
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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.