- Date
- March 14, 1981
- Place
- Morgantown, PA · MORGANTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5721RCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810314007469A
- Case key
- 126783
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0305 81/3/14 MORGANTOWN,PA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 165 TIME - 1802 N5721R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 145 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORGANTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DANVILLE,PA MORGANTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- HIT 6FT TREE STUMP,350FT FM END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5721R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Morgantown
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5721R · 1
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