- Date
- May 28, 1977
- Place
- Syracuse, NY · SYRACUSE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8484XCessna 172C
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770528014049A
- Case key
- 158160
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1174 77/5/28 SYRACUSE,NY CESSNA 172C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1718 N8484X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 39, 605 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 190 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HANDCOCK FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SYRACUSE,NY HAMILTON,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - RECIEVED RECORDED BRIEFING BY LFMF RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 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 290 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 39KTS. ACFT ATTEMPING TO RETURN TO RAMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8484X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Handcock Field
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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.