- Date
- January 24, 1978
- Place
- Pottstown, PA · POTTSTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80533Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780124000669A
- Case key
- 143507
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0035 78/1/24 POTTSTOWN,PA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 31 TOTAL TIME - 1000 N80533 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POTTSTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POTTSTOWN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS REMARKS- L WING STRUCK SNOWBANK ADJACENT TO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80533
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pottstown
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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.