- Date
- April 7, 1979
- Place
- Newport, RI · NEWPORT, RI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7062QCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790407006579A
- Case key
- 137592
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0679 79/4/7 NEWPORT,RI CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 86 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N7062Q PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWPORT STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWPORT,RI FARMINGDALE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 45K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7062Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newport State
N7062QRegistration cancelled Oct 29, 2013 · Cessna 172LAirframe modelCessna 172LEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7062Q · 2
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