- Date
- June 3, 1977
- Place
- Basking Ridge, NJ · BASKING RIDGE, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3831QCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770603016639A
- Case key
- 147581
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1456 77/6/3 BASKING RIDGE,NJ CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1145 N3831Q PX- 0 0 3 OTHER 28, 3822 TOTAL HOURS, 131 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOMERSET HILLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BASKING RIDGE,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: WING FLAP CONTROL SYSTEM ELECTRICAL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- PLT USED 15 DEG FLAP TO CLR TREES FLAPS FOUND FULLY EXTDD.FLAP SW,DWN TO NEUTRAL PSN SPRING BKN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3831Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Somerset Hills
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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.