- Date
- December 13, 1976
- Place
- Warwick, RI · WARWICK, RI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8286XCessna 172C
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761213038129A
- Case key
- 156504
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4126 76/12/13 WARWICK,RI CESSNA 172C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 1528 TIME - 0930 N8286X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 953 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - T F GREEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWPORT,RI WARWICK,RI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 320 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 32 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 49K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8286X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- T F Green
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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.