- Date
- July 17, 1981
- Place
- Ridgefield Prk, NJ · RIDGEFIELD PRK, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5120KCessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810717042239A
- Case key
- 124113
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3070 81/7/17 RIDGEFIELD PRK,NJ CESSNA 172N CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 52, 54 TOTAL TIME - 1020 N5120K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIDGEFIELD PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIDGEFIELD PRK,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- STRUCK CESSNA A185E,N2231T,DEMOLISHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5120K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ridgefield Park
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.