- Date
- July 29, 1979
- Place
- Ocean City, NJ · OCEAN CITY, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9843VCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790729023479A
- Case key
- 134817
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2178 79/7/29 OCEAN CITY,NJ CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 73 TOTAL TIME - 1940 N9843V PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEAN CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCEAN CITY,NJ BALTIMORE,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- R WING STRUCK A DIRT MOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9843V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ocean City
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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.