- Date
- September 24, 1976
- Place
- Farmingdale, NY · FARMINGDALE, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N79578Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760924031559A
- Case key
- 155576
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3694 76/9/24 FARMINGDALE,NY CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 750 TIME - 1615 N79578 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 585 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REPUBLIC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED FARMINGDALE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT WATCHED WINGTIP ON L TO AVOID PARKED ACFT R WING STRUCK A TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79578
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Republic
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N79578 · 1
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