- Date
- February 6, 1979
- Place
- Spring Valley, NY · SPRING VALLEY, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6965ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790206002389A
- Case key
- 137335
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0399 79/2/6 SPRING VALLEY,NY CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 36 TOTAL TIME - 1745 N6965A PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAMAPO VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRING VALLEY,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- ACFT INVERTED PRIOR TO ROLLING DOWN EMBANKMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6965A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ramapo Valley
N6965ARegistration cancelled Nov 13, 2014 · Cessna 172Airframe modelCessna 172Engine 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.