- Date
- November 22, 1980
- Place
- Sterling, MA · STERLING, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3043ECessna C-172N
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801122074279A
- Case key
- 127539
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3652 80/11/22 STERLING,MA CESSNA C-172N CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 20, 16 TOTAL TIME - 0855 N3043E PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STERLING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STERLING,MA STERLING,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- PLT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO SOLO THE DAY BEFORE BECAUSE OF INCONSISTENCY IN XWIND LNDG, NO ADDTL DUAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3043E
- Reported as
- Cessna C-172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sterling
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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.