- Date
- November 17, 1979
- Place
- Bennington, VT · BENNINGTON, VT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N53560Cessna 337G
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791117041829A
- Case key
- 132815
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3921 79/11/17 BENNINGTON,VT CESSNA 337G CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 1015 TIME - 1715 N53560 PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 910 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BENNINGTON STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELYRIA,OH BENNINGTON,VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- COLLIDED W TREES/TRRN APRX 1880FT ABV ARPT ELEV ON DARK NGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53560
- Reported as
- Cessna 337G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bennington State
N53560Registration cancelled Aug 21, 2012 · Cessna 337GAirframe modelCessna 337GEngine modelContinental IO-360 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.