- Date
- July 27, 1980
- Place
- Mifflintown, PA · MIFFLINTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5757ECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800727029389A
- Case key
- 129809
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0920 80/7/27 MIFFLINTOWN,PA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 51, 60 TOTAL TIME - 1250 N5757E PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIFFLINTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANASSAS,VA LOCK HAVEN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- DRG SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY,LNDD AT ALTN ARPT TO AVOID DTRTG VIS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5757E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mifflintown
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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.