- Date
- June 23, 1977
- Place
- Farmingdale, NY · FARMINGDALE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N20501Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770623019569A
- Case key
- 157203
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2307 77/6/23 FARMINGDALE,NY CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 550 TIME - 1635 N20501 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REPUBLIC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGDALE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- RT WING STRUCK TREE WHILE TAXIING. ACFT TURNED ABRUPTLY AND PROP DOME STRUCK ANOTHER TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20501
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Republic
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.