- Date
- June 13, 1977
- Place
- Nantucket, MA · NANTUCKET, MA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N79005Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770613018209A
- Case key
- 158135
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1237 77/6/13 NANTUCKET,MA CESSNA 172K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0140 N79005 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 31, 5506 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NANTUCKET,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- PLT OBSERVED DRINKING ALCOHOL, SMOKING MARIJUANAPRIOR TO FLT.INJ INDEX PRESUMED.RECOVERED 6/21/77.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79005
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Memorial
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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.