- Date
- August 16, 1980
- Place
- Ambler, PA · AMBLER, PA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34280Cessna 177B
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800816036269A
- Case key
- 129188
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2376 80/8/16 AMBLER,PA CESSNA 177B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 414 TIME - 1430 N34280 PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 228 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SELINSGROVE,PA AMBLER,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 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 LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 75 320 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 17 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- X-WND GSTG 24KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34280
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wings
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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.