- Date
- August 26, 1979
- Place
- Newburyport, MA · NEWBURYPORT, MA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N734QZCessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790826025829A
- Case key
- 134292
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3059 79/8/26 NEWBURYPORT,MA CESSNA 172N CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 79 TOTAL TIME - 1445 N734QZ PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLUM ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWBURYPORT,MA BEDFORD,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- 2700FT RWY.ACFT NEAR MAX GWT.TEMP 80DEG F.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734QZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Plum Island
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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.
Other investigations on N734QZ · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC96LA039Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSanford, MEthe pilot's failure to adequately compensate for a crosswind during the landing roll, which resulted in a collision with a snowbank. Factors relating to the accident were: ice on the runway and the gusty crosswind condition.NTSB NYC81FNC18Accident · No injuriesClosedKittery, ME