- Date
- November 15, 1979
- Place
- Gaines, PA · GAINES, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N12912Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791115034669A
- Case key
- 133246
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3592 79/11/15 GAINES,PA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 51 TOTAL TIME - 1256 N12912 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLOW GROVE,PA WELLSVILLE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 41 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12912
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N12912 · 1
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