- Date
- March 12, 1980
- Place
- Mattituck, NY · MATTITUCK, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2060ECessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800312006839A
- Case key
- 131808
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0225 80/3/12 MATTITUCK,NY CESSNA 172N CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N2060E PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 24, 1226 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 350 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MATTITUCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ MATTITUCK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR 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 QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2060E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mattituck
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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.