- Date
- June 22, 1979
- Place
- Shippensburg, PA · SHIPPENSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12544Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790622013689A
- Case key
- 135961
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1914 79/6/22 SHIPPENSBURG,PA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 305 TIME - 1745 N12544 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 264 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHIPPENSBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HANOVER,PA SHIPPENSBURG,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 6000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT FAILED TO RETRACT FLAPS ON GO-AROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12544
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shippensburg
N12544Registration cancelled Oct 11, 2012 · Cessna 172MAirframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 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.