- Date
- September 5, 1981
- Place
- Loyalsockville, PA · LOYALSOCKVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8766UCessna 172F
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810905055869A
- Case key
- 124709
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2005 81/9/5 LOYALSOCKVILLE,PA CESSNA 172F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 672 TIME - 1630 N8766U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLIAMSPORT,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON REMARKS- UN TO OUT CLIMB TRRN IN VALLEY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8766U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.