- Date
- June 14, 1980
- Place
- Worcester, MA · WORCESTER, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N64238Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800614020049A
- Case key
- 131285
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0827 80/6/14 WORCESTER,MA CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 124 TIME - 0740 N64238 PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WORCESTER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WORCESTER,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED REMARKS- ATMTD TKOF FM INT OF ACTIVE & CLOSED RWYS.1028FT REMAINING ON RWY 20 WHICH WAS CLOSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64238
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Worcester Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N64238 · 1
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