# NTSB NYC82DA042: Cessna 172RG, N9678B, Palmer, MA, March 3, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 3, 1982, 11:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place: Palmer, MA
- Location: 42.1584° N, 72.3287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmer, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1584&lon=-72.3287&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 3, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72146
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72146/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA042

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT INITIATED A TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 04. HE REPORTED THE WIND WAS FROM 300 TO 330 DEGREES AT 10 GUSTING 25 KTS. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, A BUMP IN THE RUNWAY WAS ENCOUNTERED AND THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT A GUST OF WIND FROM THE LEFT PICKED UP THE LEFT WING AS THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, THEN PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE RUNWAY THROUGH A SNOWBANK. THE PLANE CONTINUED FLIGHT STRIKING SEVERAL SMALL TREES, THEN SETTLED TO THE GROUND. THE BUMP IN THE RUNWAY WAS DESCRIBED AS A FROST HEAVE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9678B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9678B-2018-01-17), registration cancelled 2018-01-17, S/N 172RG0963, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 172RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (registry code 2072438) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172RG0963
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-F1A6 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Goguen'S North Eastern Electri
- Registered owner: Goguen'S North Eastern Electri
- Departed: PALMER, MA
- Destination: WESTERLY, RI
- Airport: Palmer Metro, runway 4, 2,500 × 55 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 168 total, 20 in this make and model, 108 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 10 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Temperature: 77 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820303002219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820303002219A), Mar 3, 1982: Cessna 172RG, Palmer, MA, Substantial damage. Aircraft struck rise in runway causing premature liftoff. Wind drifted airplane into snowbank off side of runway.

## Other investigations on N9678B (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC96FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA094), Apr 29, 1996: Cessna 172RG (N9678B), Duanesburg, NY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to attain adequate airspeed (or abort the takeoff while there was sufficient runway remaining), which resulted in a stall after liftoff and collision with the terrain. A factor…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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