- Date
- August 20, 1978
- Place
- Nantucket, MA · NANTUCKET, MA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3915QCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780820023639A
- Case key
- 139706
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2697 78/8/20 NANTUCKET,MA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1830 N3915Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 28, 520 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NANTUCKET MEMO'L DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELLINGTON,CT NANTUCKET,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 80 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3915Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Nantucket Memo'L
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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