- Date
- November 23, 1978
- Place
- Mcadoo, PA · MCADOO, PA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5170FCessna 172F
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781123044559A
- Case key
- 138016
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4234 78/11/23 MCADOO,PA CESSNA 172F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 4482 TIME - 1045 N5170F PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANGLEY AFB,VA BERWICK,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL-MIN VIS & CEILING INFO MISSING ON BRIEF WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 36 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- BRIEFED BY AF WX FACILITY PERSONNEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5170F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5170FRegistration cancelled Oct 27, 2014 · Cessna 172FAirframe modelCessna 172FEngine modelContinental 0-300 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.