- Date
- February 19, 1978
- Place
- Colts Neck, NJ · COLTS NECK, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N79957Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780219007949A
- Case key
- 143466
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2340 78/2/19 COLTS NECK,NJ CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 80 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N79957 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLTS NECK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLTS NECK,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS REMARKS- UNPAVED RWY WITH MUDDY AREAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79957
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Colts Neck
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N79957 · 1
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