- Date
- August 29, 1978
- Place
- Hershey, PA · HERSHEY, PA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N833GCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780829026489A
- Case key
- 139636
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2709 78/8/29 HERSHEY,PA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 272 TIME - 1045 N833G PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HERSHEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTMINSTER,MO HERSHEY,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- AIRBORNE AFTR LNDG,DRIFTED L,STRUCK A METAL STAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N833G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hershey
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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.
Other investigations on N833G · 1
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