- Date
- January 16, 1977
- Place
- Danbury, CT · DANBURY, CT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2288YCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770116001139A
- Case key
- 157022
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0211 77/1/16 DANBURY,CT CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 699 TIME - 0915 N2288Y PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANBURY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DANBURY,CT NEW HAVEN,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD REMARKS- SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FROST ON WINDSHIELD AND AIRFOILS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2288Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Danbury
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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.