- Date
- September 21, 1979
- Place
- Moscow, PA · MOSCOW, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52718Cessna 182P
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790921028679A
- Case key
- 133337
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3602 79/9/21 MOSCOW,PA CESSNA 182P CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 392 TIME - 1730 N52718 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 133 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMBLER,PA SYRACUSE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED TERRAIN - OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- ALTERNATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER FOUND OPEN. LANDED ON DIRT ROAD THAT HAD 5-6 FOOT DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52718
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N52718Registration cancelled Apr 2, 2015 · Cessna 182PAirframe modelCessna 182PEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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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.