- Date
- August 3, 1981
- Place
- Kittery, ME · KITTERY, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N734QZCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810803047409A
- Case key
- 124135
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2859 81/8/3 KITTERY,ME CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 116 TIME - 1415 N734QZ PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIDDEFORD,ME HANSCOM,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- FUEL GAUGES UNRELIABLE W TOTAL ELEC FAILURE.RAN INTO DITCH COVERED W TALL GRASS DRG LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734QZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.
Other investigations on N734QZ · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC96LA039Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSanford, MEthe pilot's failure to adequately compensate for a crosswind during the landing roll, which resulted in a collision with a snowbank. Factors relating to the accident were: ice on the runway and the gusty crosswind condition.NTSB NYC79FNA29Accident · No injuriesClosedNewburyport, MA