- Date
- December 5, 1978
- Place
- Shirley, MA · SHIRLEY, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80916Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781205038349A
- Case key
- 137943
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4052 78/12/5 SHIRLEY,MA CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N80916 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 63, 12064 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 220 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHIRLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEDFORD,MA SHIRLEY,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WINDS GUSTING 18 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80916
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shirley
N80916Registration cancelled Jun 19, 2019 · 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.