- Date
- May 17, 1982, 12:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Taberg, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N739EPCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820517016359A
- Case key
- 72777
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft touched down about 1/3 of the way down grass runway. The pilot reported the runway surface was slippery and that he should have approached from the opposite direction where 50 foot wires were not a clearance problem.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739EP
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270487
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dennis Paine
- Registered owner
- Dennis Paine
- Departed
- Syracuse, NY
- Destination
- Syracuse, NY
- Airport
- Buddy Paine (Private), runway 28, 1,500 × 0 ft, grass/turf
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 505 total · 450 in this make and model · 445 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N739EP · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.